Injury crisis can't last for Evra

PATRICE EVRA is concerned that the injury crisis that has hit Manchester United could affect the club's title charge.

United's stand-in skipper had to move from left-back to central defence for the second half of Boxing Day's 5-0 win over Wigan after Jonny Evans became the latest defender to limp out of action.

Evra said: "I am a little bit worried because we need everyone if we are going to win the league.

"It is starting to get annoying." 

Evans is expected to be missing for a couple of weeks after tweaking a calf muscle joining a lengthy casualty list containing United's senior defenders.

There is no date set for Rio Ferdinand's return from a long-term back injury and Nemanja Vidic has been ruled out for the rest of the season after damaging his right knee in Champions League action against Basle.

But Evra says it's nothing knew for the Champions.

"It is not the first year we've got so many injuries. Two years ago I played with Michael Carrick and Darren Fletcher at the back.

"The most important thing is that we won but I hope everyone gets fit because Blackburn is another big game and we need all the defenders."

Midfielder Ji-Sung Park, who scored in the rout of Wigan, believes the team has the character to battle through.

"I have never known anything like it," said the South Korean.

"Hopefully we will get our defenders back pretty quickly because we are coming up to some very important games.

United boss Alex ferguson is hoping to have Phil Jones and Chris Smalling back for the weekend.

source: www.thesun.co.uk