Wayne Rooney trained without his specially-designed headband ahead of Manchester United's Champions League clash against Bayer Leverkusen.
Rooney wore the protective head-gear in United's 2-0 win against Crystal Palace on Saturday but is now judged to be fully fit after suffering a deep gash to the forehead following a collision with Phil Jones in training two weeks ago.
The only player missing from United's training session was England forward Danny Welbeck, who has a knee injury.
Manager David Moyes put his side through their paces ahead of his first European game as United boss and he has been boosted by the return of Rafael Da Silva following a hamstring injury while Shinji Kagawa trained after missing Saturday's win with a bout of flu.
Phil Jones - who is expected to be unavailable for visit of Leverkusen - and Darren Fletcher - who is recovering from illness but has not been named in Manchester United's Champions League squad - both trained alone at United's Carrington training complex.
One surprise absentee from the morning session was the exciting youngster Adnan Januzaj, who produced a sparkling display as a substitute against Palace.
The Belgian has been training regularly with the first-team but was not registered for the Champions League.
It is understood that he may feature for United in the under-21 Premier League game against Bolton this evening or against Leverkusen in the UEFA Youth League on Tuesday afternoon.
Fellow Belgian Marouane Fellaini and England winger Wilfried Zaha were both present and could make their Champions League debuts against the German side.
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