Rooney in total control – and Fergie knows it

FOR a man who had just seen his team become the first to win at Manchester City since December 2010, Alex Ferguson did not seem especially happy.

The way Manchester United lost control of the match in the second half will have irritated Ferguson, but perhaps the most annoying aspect of the game was the extent to which it exposed his team’s utter reliance on Wayne Rooney.

After The London Independent ran a story suggesting Ferguson’s patience with his star player had finally been exhausted, Rooney turned up in full ‘I Love This Club’ mode, kissing his badge after scoring and assuring ITV that “there is no problem for me at this club. I want to be at this club for a long time.”