Rooney told to get a handle on temperament

Wayne Rooney’s fragile temperament was again exposed in England’s humiliating defeat by Northern Ireland but skipper David Beckham insisted the Manchester United star would have to “handle it in his own way".

Rooney can count himself fortunate not to have been sent off after first being booked for leading with his elbow in an aerial battle with Keith Gillespie and then making a similar challenge on Chris Baird which went unpunished.