Sir Alex Ferguson Is Impressed

Sir Alex Ferguson

Manchester United chief Sir Alex Fer­guson was full of praise for born again goal scorer Wayne Rooney after his bril­liant over­head kick against old crosstown rivals Manchester City at The Theatre of Dreams on Sat­urday. The Eng­land international´s spec­tac­u­lar bicycle kick in the 78th minute of play gave Manchester United a nar­row 2–1 vic­tory in the Manchester derby and moved the club eight points clear of fierce title con­tenders Manchester City.

Sir Alex Fer­guson has given the frus­trated and troubled Wayne Rooney an enorm­ous amount of pro­tec­tion and sup­port this sea­son, allow­ing him plenty of time and space to sort out his much pub­li­cised prob­lems both on and off the foot­ball field. Being a shrewd reader of human char­ac­ter, the Old Traf­ford man­ager is widely known for get­ting the best out of his play­ers. The former tool­maker has, how­ever, never been afraid of mak­ing tough man­age­ment decisions to axe his play­ers as long as it´s in the best interests of the club. It some­times seems Sir Alex Fer­guson and Wayne Rooney have been simply made for each other. Or to use other words: No nut without a cracker, no cracker without a nut.

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