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Last updated : 02 March 2003 By Editor
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Sir Alex Ferguson will give injured trio Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Wes Brown every chance of making Sunday's final.

Scholes (groin) should make it but Brown (hamstring) and Giggs (thigh) are both extremely doubtful after picking up knocks in the past week.

Mikael Silvestre has been passed fit and will probably partner Rio Ferdinand in central defence if Brown is ruled out, with John O'Shea lining up at left-back, allowing skipper Roy Keane to revert to his favoured midfield berth.

Liverpool have doubts over the fitness of key defender Stephane Henchoz.

The Swiss star limped out of Thursday's Uefa Cup win over Auxerre with a thigh injury, having only just returned from an ankle problem.

Otherwise Liverpool have a virtual clean bill of health now that Vladimir Smicer is back from his own ankle problem.

Man Utd (from): Barthez, Carroll, Ricardo, G Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Silvestre, O'Shea, Beckham, P Neville, Scholes, Keane, Veron, Butt, Giggs, Van Nistelrooy, Solskjaer, Roche, Richardson, Pugh, Fletcher.

Liverpool (from): Dudek, Carragher, Henchoz, Hyypia, Traore, Riise, Murphy, Hamann, Gerrard, Diouf, Diao, Owen, Heskey, Baros, Mellor, Smicer, Biscan, Cheyrou, Arphexad

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