Berbetov out of Schalke

Manchester United will be without top scorer Dimitar Berbatov for Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg at German side Schalke 04.

The Bulgarian is still hampered by the groin strain which caused him to miss Saturday's league win over Everton.

The striker was unlikely to start the game in Germany, but his absence denies United a potent attacking substitute.

Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson says he has no new injury concerns ahead of the encounter at the Veltins-Arena.

Captain and centre-back Nemanja Vidic and midfielder Park Ji-Sung were rested for Saturday's match and should return to the side.

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Pos		Name	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1		Man Utd	34	16	1	0	43	9	5	9	3	28	23	+39	73
2		Chelsea	34	13	2	2	35	10	7	5	5	29	17	+37	67
3		Arsenal	34	10	4	3	31	13	8	6	3	36	23	+31	64
4		Manchester City	33	10	4	2	28	11	7	4	6	23	19	+21	59
5		Tottenham	33	8	8	1	27	17	6	5	5	22	24	+8	55
6		Liverpool	34	11	4	2	34	12	4	3	10	17	27	+12	52
7		Everton	34	7	7	3	28	22	4	7	6	19	20	+5	47
8		Bolton	33	10	5	2	33	20	2	5	9	15	24	+4	46
9		Newcastle	34	5	7	5	36	23	5	4	8	13	25	+1	41
10		Sunderland	34	7	5	5	24	21	3	6	8	15	28	-10	41
11		Aston Villa	34	7	6	4	24	18	3	5	9	19	37	-12	41
12		WBA	34	6	6	5	27	29	4	4	9	22	35	-15	40
13		Fulham	33	7	6	3	23	16	1	9	7	14	20	+1	39
14		Stoke City	33	8	4	4	25	16	3	2	12	15	27	-3	39
15		Birmingham	34	6	7	4	18	19	2	7	8	16	32	-17	38
16		Blackburn	34	6	6	5	20	15	3	2	12	20	40	-15	35
17		Blackpool	34	4	4	9	26	34	5	3	9	22	36	-22	34
18		Wigan Athletic	34	4	7	6	18	31	3	6	8	16	26	-23	34
19		Wolves	33	7	4	6	25	26	2	2	12	12	31	-20	33
20		West Ham Utd	34	5	4	8	23	27	2	7	8	16	34	-22	32