Manchester United’s 3 worst players from the Olympiakos defeat

3. Wayne Rooney (-25 points)

Wayne Rooney

Rooney must be wondering if the ink has already dried on his new mega-money contract after this game.

He tried to make things happen on the ball, typically roaming the field to take up possession and look for a pass, but Olympiakos were really up for this game, and their defenders weren’t in a giving mood. He failed to combine effectively with Robin van Persie, who himself was quite poor on the night. He also mustered just the one shot, which didn’t even make it through to goal.

Moyes dropped him alongside Michael Carrick 15 minutes after the break in order to grant Shinji Kagawa a central role behind van Persie. From there he continued to try to pull the strings, but to no avail. It wasn’t his night, and the fact that his team-mates simply didn’t turn up for this one didn’t help.