An angry Wayne Rooney was adamant last weekend that his critics in the media were trying to write his sporting obituary. On Thursday, he picked the moment to demonstrate that reports of his footballing demise had been greatly exaggerated. “It feels as if the media are trying to write my obituary and I won’t let that happen,” Rooney had said in a most uncharacteristically angry riposte. No wonder he received a rapturous reception when he was substituted near the end, but Rooney was in no mood to suggest he had been trying to prove a point to critics. “Everyone inside this club knows how special he is.”

Source: Hindustan Times November 25, 2016 04:07 UTC