Scholes cut back on game

PAUL SCHOLES accepts that playing two or three games a week for Manchester United is now out of the question.
But the veteran midfielder is determined to wrestle the Premier League title back from Chelsea.
Scholes, 35, is building up his fitness on United's North American tour and looks set to get another run-out against the MLS All-Stars at the Reliant Stadium tomorrow.
Along with Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville — who has stayed at home because of a calf injury — Scholes admits they are given more rest now by boss Sir Alex Ferguson.
He said: "I know that playing two or three times a week it is not going to happen any more. So you just have to be ready when needed.
"It is accepted, definitely, given there are that many games and at our age we have to be ready when the manager needs us.
"You train every day and I did not miss a day's training last season, which was good.
"I managed to avoid injury. When you are at a club like this you have to be capable of doing that, especially like last season when we had that many injuries."
United finished one point off winning the Premier League crown last season and Scholes remembers a spell in December when a number of defenders were sidelined at the same time.
He added: "We didn't win what we wanted to but were not that far off. You do not want to use excuses but the injuries we had were shocking really.''