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Rooney scores 2 as United beats West Ham 3-0
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February 24, 2010, Wednesday
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WAYNE Rooney resumed his scoring streak with two more headers to help Manchester United to a 3-0 victory over West Ham yesterday and trim Chelsea's Premier League lead to one point.
A flop against former club Everton on Sunday when United lost 3-1, Rooney was back to his best at Old Trafford and only the crossbar stopped him scoring a hat-trick.
The England striker has now made it 11 goals in eight league and cup games, 19 in his last 20 and 27 for the season.
"They were two excellent headers, although there was also some good play from Antonio Valencia," United manager Alex Ferguson said.
Michael Owen added the third within seconds of entering the game as a late substitute and United now has 60 points from 28 games, one fewer than Chelsea which has a game in hand. Third place Arsenal has 55 points from 27 games.
Ferguson revealed after the game that center back Rio Ferdinand, who was available again after a four-game suspension, missed the match with a recurrence of his back problem and would not be fit for Sunday's League Cup final against Aston Villa.
"He tweaked his back in training and he won't be ready for Sunday," Ferguson said. "It is unfortunate for him that he's going to miss a couple of games.
"Rio has been training great, too. There have been no mishaps at all. But when you get these twinges you can't take a chance."
United also lost Brazilian midfielder Anderson with a knee injury in the first half on his return to the starting lineup.
After a slow start, United went ahead in the 38th minute when Rooney headed home Antonio Valencia's first-time cross at the end of an impressive flowing move.
He almost made it 2-0 three minutes later with an improvised turn and volley that flicked the crossbar
Park Ji-sung also hit the West Ham crossbar with a shot only 20 seconds into the second half from Valencia's pass before Rooney struck again in the 55th.
He headed home a cross from Valencia after the winger had been released by Dimitar Berbatov.
Owen went on in the 80th minute and took a pass from Paul Scholes to run clear and add the third.
A flop against former club Everton on Sunday when United lost 3-1, Rooney was back to his best at Old Trafford and only the crossbar stopped him scoring a hat-trick.
The England striker has now made it 11 goals in eight league and cup games, 19 in his last 20 and 27 for the season.
"They were two excellent headers, although there was also some good play from Antonio Valencia," United manager Alex Ferguson said.
Michael Owen added the third within seconds of entering the game as a late substitute and United now has 60 points from 28 games, one fewer than Chelsea which has a game in hand. Third place Arsenal has 55 points from 27 games.
Ferguson revealed after the game that center back Rio Ferdinand, who was available again after a four-game suspension, missed the match with a recurrence of his back problem and would not be fit for Sunday's League Cup final against Aston Villa.
"He tweaked his back in training and he won't be ready for Sunday," Ferguson said. "It is unfortunate for him that he's going to miss a couple of games.
"Rio has been training great, too. There have been no mishaps at all. But when you get these twinges you can't take a chance."
United also lost Brazilian midfielder Anderson with a knee injury in the first half on his return to the starting lineup.
After a slow start, United went ahead in the 38th minute when Rooney headed home Antonio Valencia's first-time cross at the end of an impressive flowing move.
He almost made it 2-0 three minutes later with an improvised turn and volley that flicked the crossbar
Park Ji-sung also hit the West Ham crossbar with a shot only 20 seconds into the second half from Valencia's pass before Rooney struck again in the 55th.
He headed home a cross from Valencia after the winger had been released by Dimitar Berbatov.
Owen went on in the 80th minute and took a pass from Paul Scholes to run clear and add the third.
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