Hopefully there will be more this season:Ferguson

(GSM) – Sir Alex Ferguson celebrated his 34th trophy since taking over at Old Trafford after defeating Aston Villa 2-1 in the Carling Cup final and immediately set his sights on his next piece of silverware after Wayne Rooney continued his remarkable season by coming off the substitutes’ bench to head the winning goal.

Carling Cup hero Wayne Rooney is a doubt for England’s friendly against Egypt at Wembley on Wednesday, according to Sir Alex Ferguson.The Manchester United boss said Rooney was suffering from discomfort in his knee after the win over Aston Villa.

Michael Owen brought United level before pulling his hamstring, his misfortune providing Rooney with an opportunity to once again steal the show. The striker nodded past Brad Friedel to register his 28th goal of the season and give Ferguson that familiar winning feeling.

After winning the game, “Hopefully there will be another one this season,” said Ferguson, who added that he never tires of collecting medals. “It still feels as good to win trophies. I appreciate all the things we have achieved as a club and I appreciate the luck we have carried. I’ve lost finals and that’s not easy. The only way you can enjoy Wembley is by winning.”

Ferguson said: “I think in the main we were probably the better team but credit for Aston Villa’s performance. Towards the last 10 minutes, where they started to shove up that big brigade of theirs, it was like the bloody Alamo.”

On Vidic he added: “There have been three or four in the last week that have been similar. We saw in Milan with Kalou brought down, which to me looked a penalty. You had one [on Saturday] that was a claim for the Arsenal player in a similar situation and then Belletti bringing down Bellamy and he gets a red card in probably the exact same position as our player found himself in. I haven’t seen the replay but he was lucky not to be booked.”

The United manager acknowledged that Nemanja Vidic was fortunate not to be booked at the very least for the challenge on Gabriel Agbonlahor which provided Villa’s penalty. Martin O’Neill, the losing manager, claimed the defender should have been sent off for what appeared to be a professional foul.

“We don’t give in and it’s a good quality to have. I think you’ll see that in the remainder of the season,” said the manager, who will have Rio Ferdinand available for Saturday’s game at Wolverhampton.

“There are a lot of hard games [to come]. It was a good result for us with Chelsea losing. Arsenal are bang in the frame now. They have the easiest programme on paper and it will be an interesting run-in.”