Rooney proud of four-goal haul

Wayne Rooney has spoken of his pride at netting all four goals in the victory over Hull City as United returned to the Barclays Premier League summit.

The England international produced yet another menacing display and got proceedings off to the perfect start with a close-range finish on eight minutes. Despite a couple of scares, United always looked on course for victory and Rooney made sure of the points with three devastating finishes in the final 11 minutes.

"The last time I scored four goals was probably when I was about 12!" he joked during an interview with MUTV afterwards. "It's my first time in professional football so I'm obviously delighted. It's a great feeling to score one goal in the Premier League, so to score four makes me very proud.

"Hull had a couple of chances when it was 1-0 and it was a bit nervy," he added. "That was when we had to show our experience and make sure we got that second goal.

"We'd had some good chances before then and maybe should have got our second in the first half, but it wasn't to be. Thankfully it eventually came and we pushed on from there with two more goals which killed the game off."

While Rooney was delighted with his four-goal haul, he was even more satisfied to have helped the Reds leapfrog Chelsea and Arsenal into top spot.

"Being top is very important," he insisted. "We can only do our job and we've done that today by getting the win to go top and it puts a bit more pressure on the other teams."

Diouf's dream debut

The last time United signed a relatively unknown centre-forward from Norwegian side Molde FK, it turned out to be an extremely shrewd piece of business. Is it possible Sir Alex has struck gold yet again in Mame Biram Diouf?

Like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Senegalese striker’s arrival at Old Trafford was decidedly low-key. And on Saturday against Burnley, Diouf continued to mirror Ole’s early OT career by netting on his home debut.

Diouf, sent on for Wayne Rooney on 73 minutes, put the icing on the cake of United’s 3-0 win, stealing in during injury time to head over the onrushing Brian Jensen at the Stretford End.


“It feels good to score in my first game here,” he told MUTV. “I was nervous for the first two or three minutes but then you forget about all the people in the stands and you do your job.”

Diouf’s debut came last weekend at St. Andrew’s, where he was handed a late cameo in the Reds’ 1-1 draw. And he insists he’ll give his all whenever Sir Alex selects him next.

“I’m just going to work hard and do my best and we’ll see when the manager needs me. I’ll be ready, though.


“I want to give my best for my new team and be ready when they need me. I’ll work hard in training, never give up and be ready for the next chance that comes along.”

The 22-year-old, who scored 23 times in 52 games for Molde in Norway, says he’s keen to work closely with United’s other forwards.

“I’m sure I can learn [by playing alongside Wayne Rooney, Michael Owen and Dimitar Berbatov],” he said.

“They are top players, some of the best in the world. They’ve done so much in football and in this league so I’m going to try and learn a lot.”

Polis Bersatu juara ragbi antara kelab

Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:30

Diambil daripada: http://www.utusan.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR - Pasukan pilihan, Polis Bersatu berjaya membenam cabaran Keris Conlay-BIB 15-3 pada perlawanan akhir, semalam untuk muncul juara Kejohanan Ragbi Antara Kelab Kebangsaan 2009.

Bertempat di Pusat Latihan Polis (Pulapol), Jalan Semarak, persembahan skuad Polis Bersatu yang diuruskan oleh Deputi Supritendan, Ridzuan Abdul Aziz ternyata sukar ditandingi oleh Keris Conlay.

Namun, Keris Conlay terlebih dahulu mengejutkan Polis 3-0 seawal minit keenam menerusi penalti yang disempurnakan oleh Mohd. Fauzi Fuad.

Tersentak dengan mata lawan, Polis bingkas memperhebatkan asakan dan hasilnya pada minit ke-20, Ahmab Sofian Rosli tenang mengambil sepakan penalti untuk kedudukan 3-3.

Polis tidak menoleh belakang lagi selepas itu apabila memperolehi try pertamanya melalui Shahril Azri Raup pada minit ke-37 bagi memberikan pendahuluan 8-3 untuk separuh masa pertama.

Sebaik separuh masa kedua bermula, Keris Conlay terus longlai dengan banyak melakukan kesilapan sehingga memberikan ruang kepada Polis untuk mengasak.

Akhirnya, Muhd. Juraimi Jasmin mendapatkan try kedua kepada Polis pada minit ke-66 sebelum dua mata lagi diperoleh melalui conversion yang diambil Ahmab Sofian bagi kedudukan 15-3 di minit ke-67.

Walaupun Keris Conlay berusaha keras merapatkan jurang, namun gagal menembusi benteng Polis yang berjaya mematahkan usaha mereka termasuk percubaan try di akhir permainan.

Hadiah kejohanan termasuk Piala Pusingan Dauk Seri Syed Razlan Jamalullail telah disampaikan oleh Timbalan Ketua Polis Pahang, Datuk Sharifuddin Ab. Ghani.

Polis dan Keris Conlay yang merupakan dua pasukan terbaik kejohanan itu layak beraksi ke Liga Super Ragbi Kebangsaan yang akan bermula pada pertengahan Februari ini.

Pengurus Polis, Ridzuan berkata skuad itu akan berangkat ke Thailand pada bulan Jun depan bagi menghadapi perlawanan menentang pasukan Polis Thailand.

"Kami mahu memberikan kejutan dalam perlawanan tradisi tahunan ini kerana Polis Thai sering muncul sebagai pemenang," katanya.