Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United: Premier League preview
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney scores against Athletic Bilbao Manchester United will hope Wayne Rooney shrugs off the knock he suffered duringThursday night's Europa League defeat in Spain in time to faces Wolves on Sunday.
Rooney stayed down following a challenge by Jon Aurtenetxe in the second half of the 2-1 loss to Athletic Bilbao, although he was able to complete the game and score his 27th goal of the season.
Paul Scholes is set to return in midfield at Molineux, where victory would take United four points clear at the top of the Premier League, whilst Phil Jones hopes to shrug off a flu bug.
David De Gea, meanwhile,is confident United will make up for their Europa League disappointment by winning the Premier League.
Defeat against Athleticmeans United, like chief rivals Manchester City, have only domestic supremacy to play for now.
And De Gea is confident his team-mates will come out on top.
"It is very important for us now to try and secure the Premier League," said De Gea.
"We are first. We are the leaders. Manchester City are in good form but we have the team and the supporters to win the league.
"We have a big game coming up at Wolves on Sunday and that is what we must concentrate on now."
At least on a personal level, De Gea had nothing to reproach himself for even if his return to Spain did not go as he would have wished.
There was more evidence of the 21-year-old starting to take command of his penalty area and slowly he does feel the adjustment from Spain to England is being made.
"The English league is a bit more aggressive but football is football," he said. "There is no real difference.
"Little by little I feel my confidence in England is growing.
"In th! e beginn ing it was all new, the place, the country, the team. But gradually I am getting used to everything and hopefully that continues."
Manchester United (from): De Gea, Amos, Rafael, Jones, Smalling, Ferdinand, Evans, Fabio, Evra, Valencia, Park, Scholes, Cleverley, Carrick, Pogba, Giggs, Young, Rooney, Welbeck, Hernandez, Berbatov.
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Rooney stayed down following a challenge by Jon Aurtenetxe in the second half of the 2-1 loss to Athletic Bilbao, although he was able to complete the game and score his 27th goal of the season.
Paul Scholes is set to return in midfield at Molineux, where victory would take United four points clear at the top of the Premier League, whilst Phil Jones hopes to shrug off a flu bug.
David De Gea, meanwhile,is confident United will make up for their Europa League disappointment by winning the Premier League.
Defeat against Athleticmeans United, like chief rivals Manchester City, have only domestic supremacy to play for now.
And De Gea is confident his team-mates will come out on top.
"It is very important for us now to try and secure the Premier League," said De Gea.
"We are first. We are the leaders. Manchester City are in good form but we have the team and the supporters to win the league.
"We have a big game coming up at Wolves on Sunday and that is what we must concentrate on now."
At least on a personal level, De Gea had nothing to reproach himself for even if his return to Spain did not go as he would have wished.
There was more evidence of the 21-year-old starting to take command of his penalty area and slowly he does feel the adjustment from Spain to England is being made.
"The English league is a bit more aggressive but football is football," he said. "There is no real difference.
"Little by little I feel my confidence in England is growing.
"In th! e beginn ing it was all new, the place, the country, the team. But gradually I am getting used to everything and hopefully that continues."
Manchester United (from): De Gea, Amos, Rafael, Jones, Smalling, Ferdinand, Evans, Fabio, Evra, Valencia, Park, Scholes, Cleverley, Carrick, Pogba, Giggs, Young, Rooney, Welbeck, Hernandez, Berbatov.
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