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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\n\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will miss Sunday's Premier League clash against north-west rivals Liverpool after failing to recover from a knee injury, manager Alex Ferguson said on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rooney injured a knee ligament in training and missed United's holiday fixtures against Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion and Wigan Athletic as well as their FA Cup draw at West Ham United.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"Wayne Rooney is still out,\" Ferguson told reporters. \"I am hoping he will start training today actually, in which case he won't be far away. I don't think it is an issue, but we need to guide him along.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"In terms of the injury he had, it's quite straightforward so if he starts today, I assume he will be available for Wednesday's replay (against West Ham).\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;United winger Nani and midfielder Anderson will both return to the squad for Liverpool's visit to Old Trafford.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"Nani is back in training and will be included in the squad for Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"Anderson has been back training for 10 days now so he will be in the squad for Sunday. All in all it is quite a positive situation. It's good to have them back.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;United lead the Premier League by seven points from local rivals Manchester City after 21 games, while Liverpool are 14 points further adrift in eighth place.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The fixture, however, remains as important as ever, according to Ferguson.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"The derby game against Liverpool never changes,\" he said. It's always an immensely important game - intense, emotional. We are going into the game in reasonable form.\"&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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