Roo-d awakening

Wayne Rooney let his feet do the talking as he capped a superb widescreen display with the only goal in Chelsea on Wednesday to give Manchester United the advantage in their quarter-final Champions League. Rooney faces a two-game domestic ban swearing in a television camera after scoring against West Ham United on Saturday but it was a real professional in the 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge United.
He side foot past Petr Cech after 24 minutes after a clever pull-back by Ryan Giggs to send U.S. confidence in the return next Tuesday at Old Trafford, where they have been great all season.

The goal was the icing on a particularly tasty cake for the England striker, who looked strong, and absolutely committed to the job in hand, despite the latest distraction off the field.

"His performance was huge, he is now scoring more regularly," United manager Alex Ferguson told reporters after the repetition of the 2008 final when his men were also victorious, after the shooting.

"Wayne was in great shape amazing. Excellent! Absolutely superb.

"(His) work rate, the desire to play is wonderful. He got a lot tonight, the abuse, it is very late tackles on him, but he got up and played." It shows the courage of the player. He takes great credit. "