Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown and Carlos Tevez should all be fit to face Everton at Old Trafford on Sunday despite picking up slight knocks during the Reds' win at Anfield last weekend.
Ferdinand (knee) and Brown (ankle) both suffered gashes which needed stitches, while Tevez tweaked an ankle in the 1-0 victory. The trio all trained on Friday morning and Sir Alex Ferguson remains hopeful they will be ready for the first of four matches over Christmas.
"They came through training and will all hopefully be okay for Sunday," he confirmed at his pre-match press conference. "It's a big game for us and we need to make sure we're at our best.
"Everton have been in great form of late since they lost the derby game to Liverpool [in October]. They recovered very well from that and have shown great consistency. They're a young team, but one that's full of confidence and I expect it to be a really good game."
The Reds' boss also revealed that Ji-sung Park is likely to make his return to action over the festive period. The Korean international has spent the last nine months on the sidelines after damaging cruciate knee ligaments back in March. He has trained with the first team for the past couple of weeks and, according to Sir Alex, has made excellent progress with his recovery.
"Ji has done some excellent training over the last few weeks, absolutely first class and well beyond what we expected," explained the boss. "When a player has been out for nine months you always wonder how quick or slow their recovery will be. But Ji has been terrific.
"He'll definitely take part in the Christmas games, there's no doubt about that."
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