{"id":321927,"date":"2011-03-19T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/19\/manchester-united-defender-chris-smalling-ready-for-extra-responsibility-while-owen-hargreaves-could-be-on-the-bench-for-bolton-match\/"},"modified":"2011-03-19T11:19:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T11:19:00","slug":"manchester-united-defender-chris-smalling-ready-for-extra-responsibility-while-owen-hargreaves-could-be-on-the-bench-for-bolton-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/19\/manchester-united-defender-chris-smalling-ready-for-extra-responsibility-while-owen-hargreaves-could-be-on-the-bench-for-bolton-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United defender Chris Smalling ready for extra responsibility, while Owen Hargreaves could be on the bench for Bolton match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ryan Benson<\/h3>\n<h4>19 Mar 2011 11:19:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"80.1191119691\">\n<div readability=\"17.6967213115\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Manchester United vs Celtic F.C, International Friendlies,Chris Smalling(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/217c65df106652_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Manchester United vs Celtic F.C, International Friendlies,Chris Smalling(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"55.8818763326\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> defender<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/29276\/chris-smalling\"> Chris Smalling<\/a> is enjoying the added responsibility he has assumed as the club go through a major defensive injury crisis, while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/2126\/owen-hargreaves\">Owen Hargreaves<\/a> is surprisingly pushing for a place on the Red Devils&#8217; bench .<\/p>\n<p>England Under-21 international Smalling has been an ever-present for the last month or so and has impressed too, playing particularly well in the FA Cup win over Arsenal last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The former Maidstone United player arrived at Old Trafford last summer for a sum in the region of \u00a312 million and could have been forgiven for not expecting to feature too often. But since the start of the season he has overtaken both Wes Brown and Jonny Evans in the centre-back pecking order.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>The Telegraph<\/em>, Smalling said: \u201cIt the injury crisis has made me step up. The coaches say you need to get out there and organise in terms of marking and be aware of the people around you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a massive test but I\u2019m enjoying it and hopefully I can keep things going. I don\u2019t want the season to end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are down to the bare bones in the defensive department, but being at home today will be a massive help because the fans can get behind us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United\u2019s injury crisis means that Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, John O\u2019Shea and Rafael da Silva will all miss out on Bolton\u2019s visit to Old Trafford on Saturday, but it is the captain whom Smalling believes will be missed the most.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cNemanja is a focal point of our defence and, being the captain, he\u2019s a massive loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we\u2019ve got experienced players that can come in, like Wes Brown. Bolton will be a physical challenge but we played against Stoke earlier in the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is some good news on the injury front for United, however, as Jonny Evans looks set to be available for the visit of Bolton, while more surprisingly, Owen Hargreaves could feature from the bench.<\/p>\n<p>The England international has played five minutes of Premier League football this season, that coming against Wolves back in November, and after training with the first-team squad all week, the former Bayern Munich man could start on the bench if no reaction to his recent injury problems is experienced by the midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_299.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/19\/2401755\/manchester-united-defender-chris-smalling-ready-for-extra\" title=\"Manchester United defender Chris Smalling ready for extra responsibility, while Owen Hargreaves could be on the bench for Bolton match\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United defender Chris Smalling ready for extra responsibility, while Owen Hargreaves could be on the bench for Bolton match<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ryan Benson 19 Mar 2011 11:19:00 Manchester United vs Celtic F.C, International Friendlies,Chris Smalling(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester United defender Chris Smalling is enjoying the added responsibility he has assumed as the club go through a major defensive injury crisis, while Owen Hargreaves is surprisingly pushing for a place on the Red Devils&#8217; bench . <\/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-321927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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