Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney sees yellow and puts record chasing on hold | Paul Wilson


The Old Trafford captain has missed the chance to break the club’s goalscoring record when his team visit Goodison Park to take on his first club, Everton

Wayne Rooney may be having a chequered season, both on the pitch and off it, though he is at that stage in an illustrious career where history beckons at every turn.

Last week against Feyenoord he not only produced one of his most convincing displays of the season but the opening goal he both made and scored confirmed him as Manchester United’s all-time leading scorer in Europe, as well as pushing his club tally to a within a single strike of Bobby Charlton’s record of 249.

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