Van der Sar confident United will bounce back

EDWIN van der Sar insists Manchester United will have no trouble raising their spirits for tonight’s Barclays Premier League trip to Newcastle.

Floored by Yaya Toure’s winner for Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Saturday and with their treble bid in tatters, United have had minimal time to recover.

Their mood will have improved with the knowledge that striker Wayne Rooney will be available at St James’ Park, having served his two-match ban, and thanks to that dramatic finale at Arsenal on Sunday, where Liverpool scored a 102nd-minute penalty to deny the Gunners three points. That 1-1 draw leaves United nursing a six-point lead at the top of the table with only six games remaining.