Wayne Rooney is certain to lead the line again for the visitors and he is a man bang in form following his blistering hat-trick in Saturday’s thrilling comeback against West Ham.

Ferguson has a huge decision to make at the heart of United’s defence with Rio Ferdinand in contention to break up the Nemanja Vidic and Chris Smalling combination.

Ferdinand has barely featured for the past two months due to injury and the Scottish tactician needs to decide whether to go with experience or stick with the impressive Smalling.

Nani was utilised off the bench at Upton Park and he is sure to start at Stamford Bridge, while defender Rafael is available after recovering from a hamstring strain and Jonny Evans is available despite his three-match domestic suspension.

Wayne Rooney scored a dramatic hat-trick as Manchester United produced another sensational late comeback to beat West Ham United and edge closer to the Barclays Premier League title.

Noble sent Tomasz Kuszczak – in for the injured Edwin van der Sar – the wrong way and Upton Park erupted, but West Ham were immediately on the back foot again, giving United far too much time and space out wide.

A desperate clearance from Manuel da Costa denied Giggs but the Hammers settled and United pressed the self-destruct button again in the 24th minute.

Cole teased Vidic on the edge of the box and the Serbian took the bait, tripping the forward for an obvious foul.It was tight as to whether the offence took place outside the box but Mason had no doubt and Noble blasted penalty number two into the roof of the net.

But the leaders were rewarded for going for broke in the second half, Rooney starting the fightback with just 25 minutes remaining, completing his 14-minute treble from the spot before substitute Javier Hernandez sealed the points.

West Ham: Green, Jacobsen, da Costa, Upson, Bridge, O’Neil (Obinna 83), Parker, Noble (Keane 83), Hitzlsperger, Cole (Piquionne 68), Ba. Subs not used: Boffin, Reid, Tomkins, Spector. Booked: Da Costa.

Goals: Noble 11 pen, 25 pen.

Man Utd: Kuszczak, Fabio Da Silva, Smalling, Vidic, Evra (Hernandez 46), Valencia, Gibson, Carrick, Park (Berbatov 64), Giggs, Rooney (Nani 87). Subs not used: Amos, Owen, Anderson, Gill. Booked: Gibson, Vidic.

Ji-Sung Park and Anderson could return for Manchester United’s clash at West Ham. Park is available after recovering from an injury to his right hamstring, while Brazilian midfielder Anderson will also travel to Upton Park following a knee problem.

Former England captain Rio Ferdinand has returned to training following his calf injury but the game will come to soon. The defender could be fit for the match with Fulham the following weekend.

Fellow centre-back Nemanja Vidic is fit to return having played in Serbia’s Euro 2012 qualifying draw against Estonia in midweek.

United still have several injury concerns, though, with Darren Fletcher, John O’Shea and Rafael among others still on the sidelines, along with suspended duo Jonny Evans and Paul Scholes.

Squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Amos, Smalling, Brown, Vidic, Evra, Fabio, Gibson, Carrick, Obertan, Park, Bebe, Anderson, Giggs, Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez, Owen, King

Dimitar Berbatov struck three minutes from time to give 10-man Manchester United a precious Barclays Premier League win over Bolton Wanderers.

The hosts were already labouring badly when Jonny Evans was sent off for a reckless second-half challenge on Stuart Holden.

But United made light of the handicap and after Matthew Taylor had failed to take a glorious chance for the visitors, Berbatov pounced, netting his 21st goal of the season after the normally reliable Jussi Jaaskelainen had failed to hold Nani’s long-range effort.

Fabrice Muamba revelled in the space afforded to him by a United midfield too light on physical contact and with Kevin Davies and Johan Elmander getting the better of Evans and Chris Smalling the hosts creaked badly.

Edwin van der Sar got his positioning just right to ensure Martin Petrov’s curling free-kick did not find the net, Daniel Sturridge failed to make the most of a half-chance and Elmander fired a thunderbolt straight at Patrice Evra.

There was over half an hour on the clock when the hosts carved out a decent chance, Antonio Valencia, on his first start since September, rolled a pass to Wayney Rooney.

Man Utd next will have 2 weeks of off due to 2012 Euro Qualifying matches.

Jonny Evans and Park Ji-sung are set to return for United when the Premier League leaders tackle Bolton at Old Trafford tomorrow.

But the Red Devils are beset by injuries, with skipper Nemanja Vidic remaining on the sidelines with a calf problem where he is joined by Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, John O’Shea and Rafael amongst others.

Boss Alex Ferguson will not be there either as he starts a five-match touchline ban after accepting his punishment by the Football Association yesterday.

Squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Amos, Smalling, Brown, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Gibson, Scholes, Carrick, Obertan, Park, Bebe, Giggs, Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez, Owen and King.

Javier Hernandez (the little pie) scored 16 goals this season.Can u believe this?The 15th and 16th goals came on Wednesday when the Red Devils won against Marseille and qualified to Quarter-final of Champons League.The two goals enough for Man Utd to beat them 2-1 on agregat.

United got off to a flying start with an opening goal from the Mexican in the fifth minute.Giggs finds Rooney from the left flank with a short pass. The striker played the ball to the far post with Hernandez tapping it in.

United maintained the momentum and O’Shea picked out Nani but he dragged his effort wide of the post.Marseille should have equalised when Diawara got on the end of a cross from Taye Taiwo but from six yards out and unmarked he somehow contrived to head wide.

Hernandez extended United’s lead in the 76th minute with another clinical finish for his fifth goal in five games.Giggs started the move by releasing Valencia and he in turn whipped the ball across to Hernandez, who made no mistake.

But Marseille responded and Brown headed into his own net in the 82nd minute under fierce pressure from Heinze.

Man Utd could face a strong opponent in quarter-final stage.

Portuguese winger Nani was expected to be sidelined until after the upcoming international break with a gashed leg but has returned to training, while Carrick, who has struggled with calf and groin complaints, is also in contention.

Antonio Valencia could make his eagerly-anticipated return to the Red Devils’ starting XI, having made his comeback from a badly broken leg over the weekend.

Club captain Nemanja Vidic has taken a knock and remains a doubt for Ferguson’s side, while Rio Ferdinand and Darren Fletcher are among a number of players who will be missing.

Man Utd are into semi-final of FA Cup after overcame Arsenal 2-0 at Old Trafford on Saturday.Veteran goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was in sparkling form as Manchester United secured a place in The FA Cup Semi-Finals with a deserved 2-0 victory over rivals Arsenal.

Sir Alex made a different line-up with the Brazilian Da Silva twins Fabio and Rafael acting as wingers.Fabio scoredtellfirst goal on 28th minute with a clinical finish. The twins exchanged passes before Rooney picked out Javier Hernandez, whose header was well saved by Almunia but fell nicely to Fabio and he made no mistake from eight yards out.

Van der Sar then made a brilliant double save at the beginning of the second half – first kicking out Laurent Koscielny’s deflected cross then getting up quickly to palm away the defender’s curling follow-up.

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Nemanja Vidic will be back to the squad after serving 1 match ban.Nani will be out until early of April.

Rio Ferdinand (calf) is amongst those definitely out but the return of Vidic should help stabilise a defence that has conceded five goals in its last two games.Darren Fletcher should be fit after illness.

Squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Lindegaard, O’Shea, Rafael, Smalling, Brown, Vidic, Evra, Fabio, Gibson, Fletcher, Scholes, Carrick, Obertan, Bebe, Giggs, Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez, King.

Man Utd suffered their third lose of the season after heavily thrashed by Liverpool on Sunday at Anfield.Man Utd will also miss the service of Nani after he was ruled out of three matches.Nani suffered a horrible injury on his shin after a robust challenge from Carragher.

Man Utd went down on 34th minute when Luis Suarez turned into the box and beating Rafael, Carrick and Brown before shooting from the tightest of angles.

It was going in, but Kuyt slammed home from a yard, rather spoiling what would have been a sensational solo goal – not that anyone was worrying about that.

Nani was to blame for Liverpool’s second goal when his back header found Kuyt and scored the goal.

the third goal came on 65th minute when Suarez’s free-kick was spilled by the veteran Dutch No 1 and compatriot Kuyt followed up to bag his first Reds hat-trick – the three goals coming from a combined range of seven yards.\

Javier Hernandez, grabbed a consolation injury-time goal, heading in a cross from Ryan Giggs, who was setting a United record for the most League appearances – 607 – eclipsing Sir Bobby Charlton.