SIR Alex Ferguson celebrated a fifth successive Manchester United win and a place in the Champions League quarter-finals - and claimed it had been a "bad week" for the Red Devils.

While Ferguson is not complaining at a 1-0 win over Lille which confirmed United's place in the Champions League last eight for the first time in four years, the Scot is getting concerned about a mounting injury list.

After losing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Darren Fletcher in the past week already, Ferguson confirmed Louis Saha would miss up to a month with a hamstring injury suffered in training on Tuesday.

And, if that was not bad enough, defender Mikael Silvestre now faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering a suspected dislocated shoulder late in last night's game.

"Apart from the results, it has been a bad week," said Ferguson.

"It is not looking good for Mikael at all.

"At first, we thought he had broken his arm but now it seems it is a dislocation.

"It is another big blow for us because, in the space of a week, we have lost five players.

"Louis will be missing for four weeks although, with hamstrings, you can never be sure exactly how long they will be out. Ole will not be available until March 31, Darren Fletcher is out for two months and now Henrik Larsson is leaving us."

The former Celt provided United with the perfect farewell gift in his last game at Old Trafford by nodding home Cristiano Ronaldo's superb cross 19 minutes from time.

"I was hoping he would score in his last game here. He has been an absolute pleasure to be with," said Ferguson.