Rooney lands knockout punch
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MANCHESTER United’s Wayne Rooney, unhappy about a newspaper story suggesting he was punched unconscious by a fellow Premier League player in his kitchen, responded in knockout fashion against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
Rooney was left unimpressed that what he described as a private joke with a few friends ended up on the front page of a national newspaper, which also had a video of the episode on its website.
Yet the United captain reckoned he had shown his professionalism by then leading his team to a handsome 3-0 win over fellow top-four contenders Spurs at Old Trafford, sealed by his own splendid goal which he celebrated by throwing a few shadow punches and then tumbling on to his back.
His comical theatrics earned him delighted laughter at the Theater of Dreams but neither Rooney, nor United manager Louis van Gaal, found the furore which had prompted the act anything to smile about.
“What? Is this world twisted?” Van Gaal told a Sky Sports interviewer.
The front page story suggested Rooney had been knocked unconscious by his friend, Stoke City player Phil Bardsley, in a boxing bout in his kitchen during a “wild lads’ night in”.
Rooney told Sky Sports: “That’s the world we live in today I think. It was a few mates in a private house, which has somehow managed to go on the front page of a national newspaper. It was me and a few friends joking around.”
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