Red-hot Rooney fit to face Egypt

Rooney came off the bench to score the winner in Manchester United's 2-1 win over Aston Villa in Sunday's League Cup final and manager Alex Ferguson said that a further knock to his already-painful knee left him in doubt for Wednesday's match.

Rooney, however, said he expected to play. "It's OK, I went for a scan today and it's just a bit of bruising," he told a televised news conference on Monday.

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