Rooney's readiness key factor

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney faces a race against time to be fit for Wednesday's Champions League quarterfinal, second leg at Bayern Munich with the host winless in its past three matches.

European champion Bayern suffered its first Bundesliga defeat in 18 months when it was beaten 1-0 at Augsburg on Saturday following last Tuesday's 1-1 first-leg draw with United at Old Trafford.

Centerback Nemanja Vidic's header put United ahead in the first leg at Old Trafford only for Bayern's Bastian Schweinsteiger to equalize before being sent off for a second yellow card on the stroke of 90 minutes.