Phil Neville hails Wayne Rooney handling of alleged racist incident in MLS clash

Play was held up for several minutes during last night's meeting of Rooney’s DC United and Neville’s Inter Miami.

Wayne Rooney substituted a player accused of racism as tensions boiled over in MLS (Barrington Coombs/PA)

Wayne Rooney and Phil Neville had to deal with a racism storm after an ugly clash between two of their players in Major League Soccer overnight.

Play was held up for several minutes during Sunday’s encounter between Rooney’s DC United and Neville’s Inter Miami at Audi Field in Washington.