Rooney accelerates title March as United return to the summit

Manchester United fans celebrate as they hear the score from the Swansea game.

As if the football fates were not conspiring enough against Manchester City in their quest to prove they belong at the top table of world football’s elite, here was a news flash that should send shudders through Eastlands.

Wayne Rooney is playing at his lethal, goalscoring best and United manager Alex Ferguson fully expects the England centre-forward to reach 40 goals before his productive season ends.