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Wayne Rooney celebrates scoring his team’s third goal. (Getty Images)
Record breaking game for Rooney
Right from kick off, Rooney looked razor sharp and had one of those nights, where he could apparently do no wrong. It all started with the first goal in the 22nd minute. After some nifty footwork from van Persie on the left wing, Patrice Evra had the ball and delivered an inch perfect cross towards Rooney, which he took, with great aplomb.
Whilst Evra and van Persie were marginally offside in the build-up, it looked like Valencia was definitely offside and impeding the goalkeeper, but the goal stood and made Rooney the top scoring British player in European Cups for United, ahead of Ryan Giggs.
His second, however, was a gift, as a simple long ball from David de Gea wasn’t dealt with properly by the centre-backs and the ball came to him as he slotted his 200th goal for Manchester United, becoming only the fourth player after Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and Jack Rowley. In between both goals, he also managed to miss a sitter, after which Leverkusen equalised to make it 1-1, but he scored United’s third, assisted the fourth and managed to have the last laugh.
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