Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick is expected to be out for close to six weeks after fracturing his right elbow in the Old Trafford club’s 1-0 win over AS Roma in the Champions League. The ex West Ham and Tottenham star now joins fellow midfielders Owen Hargreaves and Darren Fletcher on the injury list, leaving veteran Paul Scholes as the only fit midfielder available for selection ahead of the game against the Latics on Saturday.
Carrick will miss the following games
This is the second quiz in the Premiership series, and specifically focuses on the 2007-2008 season. The first quiz ( was a general Premiership one) in the series can be found here
As usual, the answers are in Rot 13 format. The questions will be added as the season moves along.
1.) What was the first game played in the 2007-2008 season?
Manchester United 0-2 Coventry City ( Mifsud*2)
Manchester United have been knocked out of the 48th League Cup by Coventry City, with Michael Mifsud scoring both goals for the Bluebirds. I happened to stumble upon a comment on a forum where a person wondered whether MU secretly wanted to avoid the pressure of another tournament on their head- with the FA Cup, the Premiership and Europe already present. A bit of research tells us that