{"id":398287,"date":"2011-04-26T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T07:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/26\/wayne-rooney-has-stepped-up-to-the-mark-and-proved-himself-entirely-for-manchester-united-sir-alex-ferguson\/"},"modified":"2011-04-26T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T07:49:00","slug":"wayne-rooney-has-stepped-up-to-the-mark-and-proved-himself-entirely-for-manchester-united-sir-alex-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/26\/wayne-rooney-has-stepped-up-to-the-mark-and-proved-himself-entirely-for-manchester-united-sir-alex-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Rooney has stepped up to the mark and proved himself entirely for Manchester United &#8211; Sir Alex Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Richard Laverty<\/h3>\n<h4>26 Apr 2011 08:49:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.7579062159\">\n<div readability=\"13.5068493151\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL,Wayne Rooney,Manchester United vs Everton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/9ea0a0b7129638_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL,Wayne Rooney,Manchester United vs Everton<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"4.64\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1681\/wayne-rooney\">Wayne Rooney<\/a> returns to Gelsenkirchen to take on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/germany\/156\/fc-schalke-04\">Schalke<\/a> for the first time since his red card at the Veltins-Arena in a World Cup quarter-final against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/portugal\/23\/portugal\">Portugal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>England were subsequently eliminated from the tournament on penalties, but Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes Rooney will put that behind him and fire his club towards the Champions League final.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"30\"><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;As a player, you have to put bad memories behind you and always try to do better,&#8221; Ferguson told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s a normal thing for any footballer to do that.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils travel to face Schalke in top form, with a late winner aganst Everton sending them six points clear at the top of the Premier League, and Rooney&#8217;s return to form has played a part.<\/p>\n<p><span>Ferguson continued: &#8220;Wayne\u2019s form has been absolutely fantastic in the last two months. Good players create their own platform in the sense of the importance of their performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I think Wayne realises more than anyone that performances are going to be the one thing he\u2019ll always be judged on because there is an expectation on the boy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;You can see how he\u2019s stepped up to the mark for that and proved himself entirely. No-one else can do that but him.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>United have only conceded three Champions League goals this season and they will need to show their strength to get pass a resilient Schalke side on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ferguson added: &#8220;There\u2019s absolutely no chance this team will ever give in &#8211; no chance. That\u2019s a great quality to have.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/9ea0a0b7129638_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2914\/champions-league\/2011\/04\/26\/2458539\/wayne-rooney-has-stepped-up-to-the-mark-and-proved-himself\" title=\"Wayne Rooney has stepped up to the mark and proved himself entirely for Manchester United - Sir Alex Ferguson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wayne Rooney has stepped up to the mark and proved himself entirely for Manchester United &#8211; Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Richard Laverty 26 Apr 2011 08:49:00 EPL,Wayne Rooney,Manchester United vs Everton Related Links Teams Players Wayne Rooney returns to Gelsenkirchen to take on Schalke for the first time since his red card at the Veltins-Arena in a World Cup quarter-final against Portugal . England were subsequently eliminated from the tournament on penalties, but Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes Rooney will put that behind him and fire his club towards the Champions League final. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wayne Rooney has stepped up to the mark and proved himself entirely for Manchester United - Sir Alex Ferguson - 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\/26\/wayne-rooney-has-stepped-up-to-the-mark-and-proved-himself-entirely-for-manchester-united-sir-alex-ferguson\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Wayne Rooney has stepped up to the mark and proved himself entirely for Manchester United - Sir Alex Ferguson - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Richard Laverty 26 Apr 2011 08:49:00 EPL,Wayne Rooney,Manchester United vs Everton Related Links Teams Players Wayne Rooney returns to Gelsenkirchen to take on Schalke for the first time since his red card at the Veltins-Arena in a World Cup quarter-final against Portugal . 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