O’Shea adds to Fergie defensive headache

Manchester United 3 Everton 2

John O’Shea has already been ruled out of the trip to Teesside after limping out of yesterday’s 3-2 win over Everton with a hamstring injury, while Mikael Silvestre is rated extremely doubtful after picking up a knee injury following a clash with Francis Jeffers.

“We will assess Mikael in the morning but it is a sore one,” said Ferguson. “John O’Shea has a hamstring injury and he is definitely out of the Middlesbrough game.”