Injured Rooney a doubt for England friendly

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LONDON, Feb 28, 2010 (AFP) - Wayne Rooney could miss England's friendly with Egypt on Wednesday after the Manchester United striker revealed his League Cup final winner against Aston Villa was scored despite a knee injury.

Rooney was left on the bench at Wembley on Sunday due to a combination of a stomach bug and a knee injury, but he came on as a first half substitute and headed the 74th minute goal that ensured United retained the League Cup.

However Rooney felt the knee bothering him during the second half and he admitted after the match that the injury would have to be assessed by England's medical staff when he joins up with Fabio Capello's squad at their Watford hotel.

"I've just had a tweak for the last couple of weeks and I felt it again in the game," Rooney said. "I'll probably get it looked at by the England doctors and see how it is."

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson insisted he would leave the decision over Rooney's participation in the England match up to Capello and company.

"Our doctor's assessing him at the moment, I don't know what we are going to do, I don't know what England are going to do," he said.

"There's a lot of big games coming up now and that's why we didn't play him from the start, but he's had 45, 50 minutes."