David Moyes gave a first start to exciting Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj at Sunderland and was rewarded with three points when it seemed like the home side would inflict another blow on United’s troubled start to the season. “I remember giving Wayne Rooney and Ross Barkley their debuts and Adnan is certainly in that […]
City bounce back with victory over Everton
MANCHESTER CITY 3, EVERTON 1 Everton were never going to be a pushover at the end of a week when City had been mauled by Bayern Munich but both teams competed in a highly entertaining match with the home side ending Everton’s unbeaten record thanks to goals by Alvaro Negredo, Sergio Aguero and an own […]
Roy Hodgson names Wayne Rooney in England squad and backs Joe Hart to bounce back
England manager Roy Hodgson has named Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney in his England squad for the games against Montenegro and Poland at Wembley next week. Rooney is joined by United team mates Danny Welbeck, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Michael Carrick, and Tom Cleverley. Rooney had earlier been passed fit to play this weekend at Sunderland […]
Rooney to be fit for England duty
Wayne Rooney could recover from a shin injury in time to report for England duty next week. The injury flared up and prevented his participation in Manchester United’s away game in the Champions League against Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday night but was omitted from the squad after his shin swelled up. United manager David Moyes […]
Giggs takes Champions League appearance record
Ryan Giggs reached a Champions League landmark when he came on as a substitute for Marouane Fellaini in Manchester United’s away tie against Shaktar Donetsk at the Donbass Arena tonight. The Welsh winger recorded his 145th appearance, beating Spanish striker Raul’s record in all Champions League games including qualifiers. Giggs was proud of his achievement […]