Rooney: It's Like Playing For Brazil
Wayne Rooney is living his boyhood dream by playing in the current Manchester United side.
As United head for Rome buoyed by their impressive 4-0 demolition of Aston Villa on Saturday in what was one of their best performances of the season, Rooney told BBC Sport:
"To be at this club, with the football we play at times, is brilliant. It's something every player would want to be a part of.
"It's brilliant. Growing up I used to love watching Brazil. The football we play in this team is similar to the way Brazil play. It's an honour to be in this team."
For Rooney himself, scoring against Villa was poarticularly welcome. He netted twice to end a six-match run without a goal for United. Remarkably too, they were his first League goals at Old Trafford since 27th October, when United beat Middlesbrough 4-1.
The England striker said: "I was pleased to score, but I know I've been playing well and the main thing is that we've been playing well as a team and winning."
He also told MUTV: "It's been a bit frustrating in the last few weeks.
"I had a chance just before I scored that I missed. I should have scored, and I felt like I wasn't going to score again. But I was delighted to get two goals in the end."
"It was a good game for us," he added. "Coming after international matches, it can be tricky. But we got two goals in the first half which settled us down, and then we got two more in the second half. It was a good performance all-round and a well-deserved win.
"Each game we get closer [to retaining the Premier League crown]. But we have to keep playing our game and picking up the wins in every game. If we do that, that will hopefully see us through."
The next objective though is to defeat Roma in the Champions League. Rooney said: "Roma is going to be a massive game for us and we prepared the right way with the win against Villa."
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