{"id":355963,"date":"2011-04-01T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/away-sides-fear-playing-manchester-united-at-old-trafford-wayne-rooney\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T07:50:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T07:50:00","slug":"away-sides-fear-playing-manchester-united-at-old-trafford-wayne-rooney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/away-sides-fear-playing-manchester-united-at-old-trafford-wayne-rooney\/","title":{"rendered":"Away sides fear playing Manchester United at Old Trafford &#8211; Wayne Rooney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Andrew Kennedy<\/h3>\n<h4>1 Apr 2011 08:50:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"69.62404870624\">\n<div readability=\"18.333333333333\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UEFA Champions League : Javier Hernandez; Wayne Rooney, Manchester United v Marseille \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/a1f115b2126354_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>UEFA Champions League : Javier Hernandez; Wayne Rooney, Manchester United v Marseille <\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"35.401719197708\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a> striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1681\/wayne-rooney\">Wayne Rooney<\/a> has claimed his side have made their home ground a fortress this season, with away sides fearing the consequences of a visit to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Despite faltering on the road at times, United have maintained their incredible home form and picked up 43 points from a potential 45 since August, with those points dropped in October\u2019s 2-2 draw with West Brom.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>Inside United<\/em>, Rooney said: &#8220;We are always expected to win at home but we always believe we can win, no matter who we play.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have been a player in the away dressing room and I know the fear you feel before the game and you are not expected to get anything out of it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So we have that psychological advantage even before the game starts but we know we are good enough to beat anyone here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The England international looks set to start against West Ham on Saturday and victory would send the Red Devils eight points clear at the top of the table, with Rooney setting his sights on overhauling Liverpool\u2019s 18 league titles record.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I grew up an Everton fan so to be part of the team to overtake Liverpool\u2019s record would be brilliant,\u201d Rooney continued. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would mean so much to us players as well as the fans. It is something I have been thinking about a lot. I know all the Everton fans want us to do it and hopefully we can.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You look forward to every game at this stage and you&#8217;ve got to enjoy it, especially when you are in the running for a few trophies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is exciting for the fans and it&#8217;s exciting for the players knowing that you are just a few weeks away from possibly winning a major trophy or two.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/a1f115b2126354_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/01\/2420860\/away-sides-fear-playing-manchester-united-at-old-trafford\" title=\"Away sides fear playing Manchester United at Old Trafford - Wayne Rooney\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Away sides fear playing Manchester United at Old Trafford &#8211; Wayne Rooney<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Andrew Kennedy 1 Apr 2011 08:50:00 UEFA Champions League : Javier Hernandez; Wayne Rooney, Manchester United v Marseille Related Links Teams Players Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has claimed his side have made their home ground a fortress this season, with away sides fearing the consequences of a visit to Old Trafford. Despite faltering on the road at times, United have maintained their incredible home form and picked up 43 points from a potential 45 since August, with those points dropped in October\u2019s 2-2 draw with West Brom. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-355963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Away sides fear playing Manchester United at Old Trafford - Wayne Rooney - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/away-sides-fear-playing-manchester-united-at-old-trafford-wayne-rooney\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Away sides fear playing Manchester United at Old Trafford - Wayne Rooney - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Andrew Kennedy 1 Apr 2011 08:50:00 UEFA Champions League : Javier Hernandez; Wayne Rooney, Manchester United v Marseille Related Links Teams Players Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has claimed his side have made their home ground a fortress this season, with away sides fearing the consequences of a visit to Old Trafford. 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