Wayne Rooney's Manchester United timeline

#13 Rooney ends 878-minute scoreless streak (August 26, 2015)

The relief was obvious but so was the fact that Rooney’s prowess was on the wane

Rooney was United’s leading goalscorer in the 2014/15 campaign, but the fact that a tally of 14 goals achieved the feat, told a tale of the difficult times Manchester United and Wayne Rooney was going through since Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure.

He found goals hard to come by towards the end of the season and at one point went 878 minutes without a goal for the Red Devils before finding the net in the Champions League play-off against Club Brugge when he scored a hat-trick.

Despite scoring the winner against Liverpool at Anfield and captaining the side to his first FA Cup final success with a victory over Crystal Palace in the final, it was evident that Rooney’s powers were on the wane.