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Tevez laid low

AFP, Manchester
Carlos Tevez faces an anxious wait to discover the extent of an ankle injury sustained against Birmingham City after being carried off at the end of Manchester United's 1-0 New Year’s Day victory here at Old Trafford.
Argentina striker Tevez sealed the points for Sir Alex Ferguson’s team with the first-half goal that took his tally for the season to ten and he celebrated the occasion by producing a pink child's dummy from inside his shorts.
However, there were fewer smiles when an injury suffered in a first-half challenge with Birmingham captain Liam Ridgewcll ultimately forced Tevez out of the game in the second-half and United boss Ferguson admitted the club must now wait before discovering the seriousness of the injury.
"Carlos suffered a bad tackle in the first half which caught his ankle. We had to take him off because the longer the game wore on, the worse it got," Fcrgusonsaid.
"We will have to assess it in the
morning and see what the damage is, but he is obviously doubtful for the FA Cup game against Aston Villa on Saturday.
"Carlos has real tenacity and he is as brave as a lion. He doesn't roll around and he wouldn't normally come off, so that gives you an idea of the tackle. It's asore one."
Despite being watched by a crew’d of more than 75,000, the noise levels inside Old TYafford were muted and Ferguson, echoing the infamous ‘prawn sandwich brigade' complaint of former captain Roy Keane, accused United's fans of failing to give his team the support they needed to overcome Alex McLeish’s dogged Birmingham.
"We were cautious, but the crowd were dead. We need the crowd to create a good atmosphere and the players will respond to that. It's the quietest I have known them and it was like a funeral," Ferguson said.
"It's all right saying the players need to inspire the crowd, but we needed a lift and the crowd didn't help us. The players need the crowd to respond sometimes," the Scot explained.
"This has happened in the past, when we were dominant, that fans would come here expecting to be
entertained, but you hope that they’ come here and get behind the team and motivate us. But we play game after game in this period and, at these moments, we need a lift."
Birmingham, who remain in relegation danger near the foot of the table, struggled to worry United until the closing stages, but manager McLeish, who played under Ferguson when they were both forging their reputations at Aberdeen in the 1980s, insisted he was happy with his team's performance.
"Realistically, when you are up against Sir Alex, it is like a water pistol against a machine gun. He had over 125 million pounds of talent out there, but that doesn't mean that you can't come away something.
"At 1-0 down, we were still in the game, but we couldn't get the goal we needed." the former Scotland centre-half and manager added. "It was a good performance, though, with good spirit. The players gave everything."
McLeish, set to be given money to spend during the January transfer window, vowed to scour the globe in a bid to strengthen his
"People have misunderstood
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me when I said I wanted to sign players that I know, thinking that I just wanted to sign Scottish play-
"But I'm quite knowledgeable about Europe and my knowledge of players worldwide is also half-decent, so it doesn't necessarily mean that I will just sign Scottish or English players."