Tag: Manchester United

Wayne Rooney’s youngest son scores at Old Trafford, copies Cristiano Ronaldo’s free kick routine

Manchester United’s 1-1 draw with Arsenal marked their final home match of the season, so when it was over, the players’ families came out onto the pitch, as they do.

This gave Wayne Rooney’s youngest son, Klay, a chance to show off his Cristiano Ronaldo impression, which he seems to have perfected.

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Phil Jones defends like something out of a nature special

In a match that featured Chris Smalling as captain of Manchester United, Phil Jones’ golden retriever on an icy pond method of defending was the oddest thing to happen during the first half of Man United v Arsenal. Hilarious and ultimately somehow effective, but still odd.

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(David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
(David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

I’m going to be away for a couple of days (I’m undergoing a cosmetic surgical procedure that will make me look like Sepp Blatter so I can overthrow FIFA from within). With no DT posts to peruse, I have some suggestions on how you can best spend your time during this brief interruption of service.

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Man United fan gives Louis van Gaal a list of transfer targets at foundation event

The Manchester United foundation hosted a dream day where a group of fans suffering from illnesses were able to meet the players and coaching staff. One fan took the opportunity to present manager Louis van Gaal with his list of summer transfer targets, presumably so the club can avoid acquisitions like Falcao and Angel Di Maria in the future.

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If it continued… (Manchester United v Manchester City)

For the first time in five Premier League meetings, increasingly noisy neighbors Manchester United beat their reigning champion rivals Man City. They did it in emphatic fashion, too — winning 4-2 to go four points clear of fourth-place City. It was the type of result that could mark a definitive shift in the two clubs’ fortunes for years  come, but what if it continued?

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Wayne Rooney retires boxing celebration because his son mimicked it at school

Wayne Rooney provided the season’s most talked about goal celebration when he re-enacted getting knocked down by Phil Bardsley in his kitchen after scoring against Spurs. Now the Man United and England captain says he won’t be throwing anymore celebratory punches on the pitch since it’s proved a bad influence on his oldest son, five-year-old Kai.

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Liverpool fans had to hold Mario Balotelli back from a confrontation with Chris Smalling

(Reuters)
(Reuters)

In the aftermath of Steven Gerrard’s stomp and go performance in Liverpool’s 2-1 loss to Man United, Mario “I do what I want” Balotelli entered the match and promptly earned a yellow card himself. A bit later, the Italian striker got into a tussle with Chris Smalling by the touchline and, in order to prevent him from suffering a similar fate to Gerrard, several Liverpool fans held Mario back from charging at his opponent.

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