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Goal-shy Rooney rubbishes criticism
Manchester: English football club Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney insists he only played one bad game this season as the main striker and is hoping to silence his critics by ending his goal drought against Newcastle United in the English Premier League (EPL) encounter on Saturday.
Despite being upstaged by new signing Memphis Depay in United’s 3-1 Champions League play-off victory over the Belgian side Club Brugge on Tuesday, Rooney said he was only disappointed with his performance against Aston Villa and remains confident that his scoring touch will return soon. Rooney has not found the net in nine consecutive matches for United.
“I’ve had one bad game this season and everyone’s all over it. I know, I’ve had that throughout my career but hopefully at the weekend I can get off the mark,” Rooney was quoted as saying by goal.com on Wednesday.
“I’m an honest guy. I know when I don’t play well and against Aston Villa I was below my standards. I know that. I thought I had a good game (against Brugge), I could have had a goal or two, but that’s football. It was a great night for us, obviously, getting the victory and hopefully we’ll kick on from there,” he said.
Rooney’s last competitive goal for United came in a 3-1 English Premier League win over Aston Villa on April 4, but ahead of the Brugge match coach Louis Van Gaal backed his captain to break his scoring drought.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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