Clough Backs Man Utd Trophy Push

Manchester United can win all five of trophies they are contesting this season, according to Derby manager Nigel Clough.

A 4-1 defeat of Clough's side on Sunday took the Red Devils through to the quarter-finals of FA Cup.

The Club World Cup champions are top of the Premier League table, through to the Carling Cup final and in the Champions League last 16.

"It's possible. If anybody can, they can," Clough said.

"If United had played Arsenal, Liverpool or Chelsea in that form they could have put four past them as well."

Having already won Fifa's Club World Cup in Japan in December, Ferguson's men are two points clear, with a game in hand over the chasing pack, at the top of the Premier League.

They will travel to Wembley on 1 March as favourites to beat Tottenham and add the Carling Cup to their haul of silverware, while an intriguing clash with Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan awaits in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Derby have scored more goals against the champions than any other side this season having found the net four times over three matches, but Clough believes there are worrying signs for United's future opponents.

"We have played against them three times this season now and this was the best they played," he added.