Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson admitted he dropped Dimitar Berbatov for yesterday's defeat of Wigan Athletic.
Ferguson had begun the match with an inexperienced attack of Federico Macheda and Gabriel Obertan and there was not even a place for £30million Berbatov on the bench.
The United manager confirmed the striker was not injured, saying: "I just left him out - picking my subs today I just thought I had to give a different type of variety."