Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney after West Ham comeback: Our season starts now

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Wayne Rooney is adamant that Manchester United’s season has just started as they try to increase the gap between them and trailers Chelsea and Arsenal.

After scoring a hat-trick against West Ham to help his side come back from 2-0 down to win 4-2, the England man pinpointed April as a pivotal month for his side as they face six games in four weeks.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s men have Chelsea in two Champions League quarter-final legs with an FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City sandwiched inbetween them. 

“Big games keep coming but you live for games like these,” he told MUTV.

“In some ways, we have to say our season starts now. We have seven more league games – four at home. Our home form has been brilliant.

“It is a great challenge for us and something all the players are looking forward to.”

In the league, second placed Arsenal have slipped seven points behind Ferguson’s side after a  goalless draw against Blackburn, while Carlo Ancelotti finds himself struggling to make up an eleven-point gap after his Chelsea team picked up just a point at Stoke.

Ferguson branded the performance at Upton Park “a championship-winning performance”, and Rooney agreed.

“A few years ago, when Chelsea won the league, they seemed to keep doing that,” he added.

“They would be losing. Then, when we had finished the warm-up, they had won the game.”