Rooney’s got one finger up to cheerfully indicate the number of field goals he has scored since January.
Just the one.
Scored yesterday against Sunderland at long last.
United beat them 2- 0 – the other goal also being scored by Rooney -that being a penalty.
Other highlights of the game included Referee Rodger East sending off Wes Brown – when he actually meant to send John O’Shea off. A quick look at the photograph will tell you that you can’t blame the ref because the two chaps are practically indistinguishable from each other – especially when they are moving at high speed through a penalty area.
And there was also great mystification among football pundits – both professional and amateur – as to what formation Van Gaal had used for the game.