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Just another nasty challenge from Kevin Davies, that earned him his 100th booking in the premier league. This challenge came after he got away with breaking Tom Cleverly's leg. Cleverly will be out for up to a month!

Manchester United's Tom Cleverly faces up to a month on the sidelines after suffering ligament damage in his foot during Saturday's 0-5 win over Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium. The young midfielder was the victim of one of many bruising tackles by Kevin Davies, who was not even cautioned for the challenge. "It was unfortunate," Ferguson told BBC Sport of the injury. "We expected it, it was a bad tackle." Fergie may consider himself lucky though that he left the Reebok with only one player injured, after both Jonny Evans and Patrice Evra were on the end of bad challenges. "Jonny Evans got a knee in the hip and it's a bit tender, Patrice Evra got a knock on the knee," added the Scot.

Sir Alex has admitted that he is surprised at how his side have dealt with the tough matches so far this season and has warned that the games will not get any easier as the season wears on. United have so far won 1-2 away at West Brom, beaten Tottenham 3-0, thrashed Arsenal 8-2 and have now put 5 goals past Bolton in scoring a record 18 goals in the opening 4 games so far. "When I saw the programme to begin with I thought it would be tough but the boys are coping with it very well," Sir Alex told MUTV. "There are a lot of big games coming up. We've got Chelsea next Sunday and we've got to go to Lisbon on Wednesday which is an important game. Benfica have always been tremendous opponents of ours and it'll be another hard game." Sir Alex also took the time to praise our little Mexican, who scored a brace in the first game of the new Premier League season. "He's a menace to any defender," the Boss said of Chicharito. "If y...

United have been drawn in Group C of the UEFA Champions League alongside Benfica, FC Basel and Otelul Galati. Sir Bobby Charlton fittingly pulled out Benfica, the team he helped conquer in the 1968 European Cup final, at the ceremony as Sir Alex's side start on the road to Munich looking to go one better than last season. United, who were the very first team drawn in Monaco, also meet Swiss outfit FC Basel, who got a draw at Old Trafford in 2003, and Romanian newcomers Otelul Galati whose name will soon become more familiar with Reds fans. Group A: Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Man City, Napoli. Group B: Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow, Lille, Trabzonspor. Group C: United, Benfica, Basel, Otelul Galati. Group D: Real Madrid, Lyon, Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb. Group E: Chelsea, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Genk. Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Olympiacos, Borussia Dortmund. Group G: Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St Petersburg, Apoel Nicosia. Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, BATE Borisov, Vikto...