Ronaldo's injury fear played down Thursday August 04, 2005
Ronaldo 'OK'
Sir Alex Ferguson played down concerns over the fitness of Wayne Rooney and Critiano Ronaldo after they limped out of the friendly win over Royal Antwerp.
United won 6-1 against the Belgian side as defender Rio Ferdinand was again booed by the Old Trafford club's fans.
"Both Wayne and Cristiano took knocks to the ankle, but they will be okay," said United manager Ferguson.
Ruud van Nistelrooy scored a hat-trick with Paul Scholes, Ronaldo and Darren Fletcher also scoring.
Ryan Giggs, Louis Saha and Park Ji-Sung did not figure but Ferguson expects the trio to be back for the Champions League qualifier against Debrecen on 9 August.
Ferguson added: "We left Ryan at home because he had a bit of a virus and Louis got a bit of a knee knock, but we hope they will be fine.
"Park Ji-Sung will definitely be fit for next week after the blow he took to the head."
Midfielder Roy Keane returned to the United first-team fold following reports of a bust-up with his manager.
"Roy got through the full 90 minutes, which was the most important thing," said Ferguson.
"He didn't flag at any stage and I thought he coped with it very well."
Van Nistelrooy's goals also pleased Ferguson as the Dutchman has been worryingly short of form recently.
He had already seen a couple of opportunities go begging before he tapped home Ronaldo's low cross to start the rout.
Scholes and Ronaldo netted either side of Van Nistelrooy's next effort, a thunderous penalty after he had been brought down by Antwerp keeper Yvan Willockx.
The Dutchman completed his hat-trick with a 20-yard free-kick that flicked off a home defender and into the top corner.
Some brilliant footwork from Rooney left Fletcher with a close-range tap-in to wrap things up.
