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Last updated : 01 December 2002 By Editor

Carlos: "Gary is fit, Laurent Blanc is a doubt, however. We will have to wait and see when he has a fitness test on Saturday."

John O'Shea and Wes Brown could continue as the central defensive partnership if Blanc misses out, unless manager Ferguson opts to switch Neville or Mikael Silvestre into the middle.

But The BBC don’t even have Gaz Nev in the squad:

Liverpool will be without Bruno Cheyrou for at least a fortnight because of a groin injury but have no other new injury worries.

Liverpool (from): Dudek, Babbel, Hyypia, Henchoz, Carragher, Murphy, Hamann, Gerrard, Riise, Owen, Heskey, Baros, Diouf, Diao, Smicer, Traore, Kirkland, Biscan.

Laurent Blanc is Sir Alex Ferguson's main worry with a calf strain.

If he returns, Phil Neville is favourite to stand down with John O'Shea moving from the centre to replace him.

Utd (from): Barthez, O'Shea, Blanc, Brown, Silvestre, Solskjaer, Veron, Fortune, Giggs, Scholes, van Nistelrooy, Forlan, P Neville, Richardson, May, Ricardo.