Biggest surprise from today’s selection is the absence of Nemanja Vidic, who isn’t even on the bench. We can only assume he’s injured.
Manchester United XI: de Gea; Smalling, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra; Nani, Darren Fletcher, Anderson, Young; Welbeck, Rooney.
Bench: Lindegaard, Jones, Park, Hernandez, Berbatov, Fabio, Valencia.
Manchester City XI: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Barry, Toure, Milner, Silva, Aguero, Balotelli.
Bench: Pantilimon, K. Toure, Zabaleta, Kolarov, De Jong, Nasri, Dzeko.