Old reliables deliver for United

Manchester Utd 2 Bolton 0

With Ruud van Nistelrooy and Louis Saha sidelined for eight and four weeks respectively, the last thing Ferguson needs is to lose another striker.

But that is what Wayne Rooney risked by pushing Tal Ben Haim in the face a minute before half-time in retaliation for what he felt was a foul on him by the Israeli defender.