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Wembley pitch is one of the worst, says James Milner

James Milner says the Wembley pitch is hard to play on and he has experienced better surfaces at lower league teams.

The midfielder played in Aston Villa's Carling Cup final loss there on Sunday and said he hoped it would be better on Wednesday when England take on Egypt.

"You work as hard as you can to get to a final and it's one of the worst pitches you play on all year," he said.

"It was worse than the couple of lower league team's pitches we have played on, to be honest."

Nemanja Vidic lucky to escape red card - Alex Ferguson

Sir Alex Ferguson admitted Nemanja Vidic was lucky not to be sent off in Manchester United's 2-1 defeat of Aston Villa in the final of the Carling Cup.

Villa won a penalty when Vidic fouled Gabriel Agbonlahor, but the Serb remained on the pitch despite denying the striker a goalscoring opportunity.

"We got a lucky break, he could have been sent off," said the United boss.

"I think it would be universally accepted they should be down to 10 men," said Villa boss Martin O'Neill.

League Cup glory put Wayne Rooney on the road to greatness, yet he's still eager to win it again

For the Manchester United players who gathered just after 3pm at Wilmslow station yesterday to begin the journey that will culminate underneath the arch at Wembley Stadium this afternoon, there is no chance of disrespecting the Carling Cup.

This is the tournament that saw the birth of Sir Alex Ferguson's latest and arguably greatest team, the bold decision to drop Ruud van Nistelrooy for the 2006 Carling Cup final against Wigan rewarded with a 4-0 victory that included two goals from Wayne Rooney to earn the England striker his first piece of silverware as a player.

Fergie ponders resting Rooney in Carling Cup Final

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is considering whether to leave Wayne Rooney out of his Carling Cup final starting XI on Sunday.

The striker has been in explosive form of late, bagging a brace against AC Milan and following that up with another double in the midweek victory over West Ham, but with a maximum of 17 games still left to play, Ferguson wants to keep the 24-year-old as fresh as possible as the season reaches its finale.

He said: "It has to be a consideration simply because we have important games coming up.

"The problem is, he is desperate to play, he is always desperate to play."

Utd thugs batter Bell in the head

MANCHESTER UNITED face an FA probe after Craig Bellamy was hit on the head as coins and bottles were thrown from the crowd last night.

The Manchester City forward fell to the floor after one coin struck him as he went to take a corner.

The missiles were hurled towards the Welshman as United fans taunted him during the Carling Cup semi-final at Old Trafford.

Bellamy picked himself up and rubbed his head before carrying on.

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