Manchester United star Wayne Rooney was named on the bench for Tuesday's Champions League match at Old Trafford with CSKA Moscow after becoming a father for the first time.

Rooney, whose wife Coleen gave birth to a son Kai Wayne on Monday, had been keen to play but United manager Sir Alex Ferguson decided otherwise and opted to start with Michael Owen and Federico Macheda up front.

- Wayne's been pretty busy for the past few days! - joked Ferguson to Sky Sports.

- He was aching to play.

- However, I took the view that he should be on the bench. Federico Macheda has been in terrific form of late.

- It's the right thing to do. -

Should United beat CSKA they would qualify for the knockout stages.