It appears as though controversy follows Wayne Rooney when we play Villarreal, considering this is the only club our forward has been sent off against during a competitive match. Sarcastically applauding a poor decision by the referee (the one who sent off Beckham in the World Cup!) saw him take an early bath in 2005, before United later went on to fail to get out of the group stages.
There has been a lot of fuss made over Rooney’s dive against Villarreal on Tuesday night, with Sir Alex Ferguson explaining Wayne went down in anticipation of a tackle.
Rooney has today claimed the same thing, whilst focussing on the club’s future in the competition.
“Sometimes you get kicked,” Rooney said. “I thought I was going to get kicked and I went down and tried to ride the challenge. Getting through [to the next stage] was the main thing. It probably wasn’t the most exciting game to watch but we have qualified and we are pleased. We are still unbeaten. We know after winning the competition last year that teams will want to beat us more now but we welcome that.”
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wow. . that ref has some ugly knees
Jonny – Hahahahaha. Didn’t notice it till you pointed it out.
Yeah but, no but…..TheBoyWonder still dived.
I think he could have been more “offensive” in his comment by making the point better by saying that after watching the treatment that Villareal were handing out to Ronaldo, it seemed reasonable to assume that he was going to get kicked – and kicked hard.
But, obviously, Wayne wasn’t being coached for his interview.
I think its a good indicator of when Rooney isn’t playing well is when he starts diving…Things aren’t going his way, he get frustrated and maybe does thing out of his character…
Well thats allright then, if a player thinks that a defender might attempt to make a tackle then the forward should just dive, what utter bollox. Its amazing that the granny shagger was able to string 2 words or even half a sentence together. When he had completed his belly flop he then realised that his friend riley wasnt there to point to the spot. Just face it, hes a fucking cheat and always has been.
To be fair DrewVader frustration is no excuse for diving and Rooney has dived in the past, I think back to Arsenal a few years back.
divedivedive- Whatever team you support has a player who will take a dive to get the win, its part of the game so stop your whining and get a life. Players do what it takes to win, win at all cost, the ends justify the means all that bollocks, because history remembers winners, not pansies afraid to get dirty. Stop wishing every single footballer behaved perfectly and seriously get a life, its sad you got so worked up over a dive that was not given. Notice he says ride the tackle and from what I saw, Villarreal seemed out to injure one of our guys, but once again you don’t see me complaining, Why? Because its part of the sport, get over yourself and seriously get a life.
divedivedive, you really are a bitter twat aren’t you?