{"id":287701,"date":"2011-03-03T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-confirms-wes-brown-will-start-against-liverpool-as-rio-ferdinand-remains-sidelined\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T09:20:00","slug":"manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-confirms-wes-brown-will-start-against-liverpool-as-rio-ferdinand-remains-sidelined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-confirms-wes-brown-will-start-against-liverpool-as-rio-ferdinand-remains-sidelined\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirms Wes Brown will start against Liverpool as Rio Ferdinand remains sidelined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>3 Mar 2011 09:20:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"52.962962963\">\n<div readability=\"13.4109589041\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alex Ferguson, Manchester United (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cfad708d93266_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Alex Ferguson, Manchester United (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"15.6734693878\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/8123\/sir-alex-ferguson\">Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> has confirmed that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1942\/wesley-brown\">Wes Brown<\/a> will start against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a>, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1941\/rio-ferdinand\">Rio Ferdinand<\/a> still unavailable due to a calf injury.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams clash at Anfield as the Red Devils look to bounce back from their defeat to Chelsea, but they will have to do so without their first-choice centre-backs, Nemanja Vidic and Ferdinand.<\/p>\n<p>Skipper Vidic was sent off against Chelsea on Tuesday night, while Ferguson has confirmed that Ferdinand is not yet ready to return.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Rio] won&#8217;t be fit. Wes will take over,&#8221; Ferguson told <em>MUTV<\/em>. &#8220;He has great experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brown, who has made only two starts in the league this season, is expected to partner Chris Smalling in the centre of defence.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cfad708d93266_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/03\/2377177\/manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-confirms-wes\" title=\"Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirms Wes Brown will start against Liverpool as Rio Ferdinand remains sidelined\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirms Wes Brown will start against Liverpool as Rio Ferdinand remains sidelined<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 3 Mar 2011 09:20:00 Alex Ferguson, Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Wes Brown will start against Liverpool , with Rio Ferdinand still unavailable due to a calf injury. The two teams clash at Anfield as the Red Devils look to bounce back from their defeat to Chelsea, but they will have to do so without their first-choice centre-backs, Nemanja Vidic and Ferdinand. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirms Wes Brown will start against Liverpool as Rio Ferdinand remains sidelined - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-confirms-wes-brown-will-start-against-liverpool-as-rio-ferdinand-remains-sidelined\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirms Wes Brown will start against Liverpool as Rio Ferdinand remains sidelined - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 3 Mar 2011 09:20:00 Alex Ferguson, Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Wes Brown will start against Liverpool , with Rio Ferdinand still unavailable due to a calf injury. 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