Pearce cannot afford to focus on Rooney

Stuart Pearce has no special plans to look after Wayne Rooney in Saturday’s Manchester derby even though he expects the young striker to become the star of this summer’s World Cup.

West Brom boss Bryan Robson took the novel approach of man-marking Rooney at Old Trafford on St Stephen's Day, a tactic that worked to great effect until Paul Robinson was taken off with concussion just before half-time.