The Manchester United forward has urged his side to concentrate on their UEFA Champions League game with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/CFR-Cluj-c38778, or risk their spot in the latter stages of the tournament.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s side crashed out of the competition last year after a below par campaign that saw them struggle throughout the fall months. Pitted against Benfica, Otelul Galati and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Basel-c39079, the Reds failed to mount a challenge on their opponents and
eventually succumbed to a loss after being beaten away in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Switzerland-c3016.
Furthermore, their recent defeat against Tottenham shows that despite the summer spending the side still has a lot of cracks to fill, especially in the middle of the park, where they were overrun until the arrival of a certain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-Scholes-c29394.
The midfield maestro will not always be around to save the day at Old Trafford and it’s very important for the club to focus on their upcoming Champions League tie as they look to maintain their form.
United face CFR Cluj tomorrow and Rooney has urged his teammates to give their very best, so that they can return to Manchester with three points and some much needed confidence.
Speaking to reporters, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 International claimed that the European tournament was something quite unlike the Premiership and that if you made mistakes there was no escaping the consequences that followed.
"The Champions League is completely different to the Premier League. If you are not at your best you get punished, which is what happened to us last season. We have to make sure that won't happen again this year so this is a big game for us.”
He also added that the Red Devils were favourites to emerge as victors and needed to affirm their status as table toppers before the competition went into the business end.
"Hopefully we will get a win which will put us in a good position to go through so early on in the group,” Rooney was quoted as saying to the media.
Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c39043 man could lead the front-line following a 45 minute cameo against Tottenham.
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