Alex Ferguson handed Louis Saha his first start since February as Manchester United squared up to AS Roma once more in the Champions League at Old Trafford.
The last time the Italians visited the Theatre of Dreams six months ago they suffered an absolute nightmare, conceding an incredible seven goals.
That is as much as United have managed in eight league games this season so Ferguson reverted to a strike pairing of Saha and Wayne Rooney, with Carlos Tevez and Ryan Giggs among those on the bench,
Although Nemanja Vidic was passed fit, Wes Brown missed out, so John O'Shea slotted in at right-back while Owen Hargreaves did not even make the substitutes.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger changed a winning side for the encounter with Steaua Bucharest in Romania.
Winger Alexander Hleb was passed fit following a remarkable recovery from what had looked a serious knee injury at West Ham on Saturday, but Abou Diaby dropped to the bench with Emmanuel Eboue coming into the starting XI for the Barclays Premier League leaders.
Strikers Robin van Persie and Emmanuel Adebayor shrugged off their injury worries to face the Romanians. England Under-21 forward Theo Walcott was among the substitutes.
Steaua owner Gigi Becali declared he would sack recently-appointed caretaker coach Massimo Pedrazzini if his side lost tonight.
Man Utd: Kuszczak, O'Shea, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Ronaldo, Carrick, Scholes, Nani, Saha, Rooney. Subs: Heaton, Anderson, Giggs, Pique, Simpson, Tevez, Eagles.
Roma: Curci, Cicinho, Mexes, Juan, Tonetto, De Rossi, Aquilani, Giuly, Perrotta, Mancini, Totti. Subs: Bertagnoli, Pizarro, Vucinic, Antunes, Esposito, Barusso, Brighi.
Steaua Bucuresti: Zapata, Emeghara, Baciu, Marin, Rada, Petre, Dica, Nicolita, Neaga, Surdu, Badea. Subs: Cernea, Cristocea, Nesu, Iacob, Croitoru, Badoi, Zaharia.
Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Senderos, Clichy, Hleb, Fabregas, Flamini, Eboue, Adebayor, Van Persie. Subs: Fabianski, Diaby, Diarra, Denilson, Silva, Bendtner, Walcott.
