Man Utd trio suffer injury blow

Injuries to Anderson, Rafael and Jonny Evans took the shine off Manchester United's 4-3 aggregate win over Derby in their Carling Cup semi-final.

Midfielder Anderson will need an X-ray on Wednesday to determine his injury.

Right-back Rafael (hamstring) could be out for a month, and centre-back Evans faces a week out with an ankle problem.

"We have a few injuries so it's been bad in that respect but we're in the final and we should be celebrating," said United boss Sir Alex Ferguson.

Anderson was stretchered off at the final whistle after an innocuous looking challenge from Giles Barnes.

"There is some damage. We are not exactly sure what but we will see what happens," said Ferguson.

Rafael was forced off just before half-time, while Evans had to play on for the last 15 minutes despite aggravating an ankle injury.

Ferguson added: "Evans has had a recurrence of an ankle injury that he has been holding for a few weeks, but hopefully he'll be back next week.

"Rafael has a hamstring injury and he'll be out for a few weeks."

Nani, Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs also failed to complete the 90 minutes against the Rams but are not thought to have picked up any serious problems.

"There are probably six or seven of them who have picked up injuries," confirmed Ferguson.

"We finished with 10 men. But it was effectively nine, because Jonny was in great discomfort."

United defenders Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra and Wes Brown are already sidelined and it is unlikely Evans will be fit to face Tottenham in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday.

But Ferguson was keen to concentrate on the positives after his young side - that contained five played aged 21 or under - saw off the Championship strugglers to book their place at Wembley.

United will face Burnley or Spurs in the final on 1 March and Ferguson says he will stick with the youngsters in that game too.