Vidic keen to make up for lost time

NEMANJA VIDIC wants to make up for lost time in his injury-disrupted season, just as Rio Ferdinand has been sidelined again.

Alex Ferguson has not been able to name his first-choice central defenders in the same team together since the end of October but had been expecting to rectify that against West Ham on Tuesday night.

But, while Vidic put in what keeper Ben Foster claimed was a man-of-the-match performance for Manchester United in a 3-0 win that allowed them to close the gap on title favourites Chelsea, Ferdinand did no better than board the team bus.