However, both men have recovered and should start against the Gunners, who go into the match three points behind the visitors but with a vital game in hand.

However, Old Trafford chief Alex Ferguson does have doubts over Roy Keane (dead leg), John O’Shea (knee) and Ryan Giggs (hamstring), although he expects at least one of that trio to make it.

Team: Barthez, Carroll, Ricardo, G Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Blanc, Silvestre, O’Shea, Beckham, Scholes, Butt, Keane, Giggs, Van Nistelrooy, Solskjaer, Forlan, Fortune, P Neville, Pugh, Fletcher.