Rooney double puts paid to Newcastle’s mini-revival

Man Utd 2 Newcastle 0

Mon, 13 Mar, 2006 - 00:00

Simon Stone, Old Trafford

Rooney’s early double proved enough to hand Manchester United victory in a totally one-sided encounter to which the final scoreline bore no reflection.

However his manager Alex Ferguson jokingly scolded the striker by telling him afterwards: ‘I would have had a hat-trick’.

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