Rooney starts for United

Wayne Rooney was handed his first start since the beginning of October as Manchester United faced a depleted Rangers side in the Champions League.

Rooney was back in the team after recovering from an ankle problem, while Chris Smalling and Jonny Evans started in the heart of defence.

Rangers were without both Sasa Papac and Kyle Lafferty for the clash at Ibrox, with Maurice Edu and Madjid Bougherra already out.

Papac failed to recover from a head knock in time and Lafferty suffered a broken bone in his hand earlier today. Steven Davis started in an unfamiliar right-back role.

Rangers: McGregor, Davis, Whittaker, Broadfoot, Weir, Foster, Naismith, McCulloch, Hutton, Weiss, Miller.

Subs: Alexander, Fleck, Beattie, Loy, Perry, Wylde.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, O’Shea, Evans, Smalling, Fabio Da Silva, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Berbatov, Rooney.

Subs: Amos, Evra, Brown, Anderson, Hernandez, Obertan, Macheda.

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)