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[Paul C]

WHEN LIVERPOOL WERE LOSING 3-0 I HAD A HUGE SMILE ON MY FACE!
EXCLUSIVE ROONEY'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CONFESSION 'IT WAS HORRIBLE WHEN THEY FOUGHT BACK'

WAYNE Rooney has told how he was desperate for Liverpool to LOSE their Champions League final in May because of his Everton connections.

The revelation from Manchester United's England striker will do little to improve relations with the Anfield giants.

The two clubs meet each other next month and Rooney's claim is certain to stoke up the atmosphere in the Old Trafford clash.

In last season's legendary Champions League final, Liverpool were 3-0 down at half-time to AC Milan but came back to level the match and win 3-2 on penalties when the Italian club's nerve fell apart.

Rooney said last night: "It was horrible. I was very jealous. Being a former Everton player and now a United one, I was desperate for Liverpool to be beaten.

"When they were losing J 3-0 I had a huge smile on my face. But then they came back!"

With 13 goals already under his belt for club and country, Rooney is enjoying another fine campaign leading up to the World J Cup.

But despite his heroics on the pitch, United are still' languishing 13 points behind champions Chelsea.

Rooney has blamed the long injury list and the departure of Roy Keane for the Reds' failure to bridge the gap.

He explained: "I don't' like making excuses, but' you have to look at how many injuries we suffered early on, and to experienced players as well.

"Players such as Gary Neville, Roy Keane and" Gabriel Heinze. However, we should also have taken more of our chances and our defending could have been a bit better.

"The passion has always been there in our game. Maybe we lost because of a lack of confidence. We also missed the leadership of some of our absent players."

United's failure to catch Chelsea has developed despite beating Jose Mourinho's men earlier this season.

Yet Rooney maintains that it IS still possible to catch the Blues, even though Sir Alex Ferguson has already publicly conceded the title.

He went on: "Anything is possible. There are plenty of fixtures left in the league - but we need to win a lot of them.

"Hopefully, Chelsea will drop a few points A now. After our games we always come back into the dressing room and immediately check the Chelsea result, so it can be, annoying to find that they have usually won.

"Chelsea have a very good manager. They work hard together, they are very good defensively and they score goals. Jose Mourinho has been brilliant for Chelsea. They won the league in his first season in England and now they've made another good start."

Looking ahead to the World Cup, Rooney has warned England's opponents that he is ready to carry on weaving his magic however tightly they want to try and shut him down.

He said: "I don't mind if teams want to man-mark me or stick two men on me. I can handle that, no problem.

"Also it would give Michael Owen space and hopefully he can use it to score some goals.

"I watched the last World Cup at my house on television with my mates. Of course, we all went mad when Michael Owen put us ahead against Brazil.

"I could never have imagined that by the time the next World Cup came around I would be playing up front with Michael.

With his short fuse now well-documented, Rooney stresses he is still working on his temperament - particularly after his red card against Villarreal in the Champions League in September.

He went on: "I want to put those sort of things behind me and learn from them.

"I was really annoyed with myself. It was a stupid sending-off. Forcing the team to play with only 10 men wasn't fair \ and it made things harder for them, which was entirely my fault.

"I am trying to be more relaxed and to enjoy playing my football. I love being out there on the pitch and so I don't want to do anything that hurts that."

Rooney agrees with the widely-held view that he would not be the same player without the fire in his game.

But he went on: "I have not been happy with what I have done in the past. The silly bookings I have picked up in Spain. I want to stop that."

[dawson99]

i gotta admit i say good on him for at least being honest. if hed said that e cheered when we won then u cant respect that can u.

still dont like the shrek looking mofo but respect his honesty, and hes not a bad footballer either. its good to not be liked by everyone. only when u have respect can u be disliked

[laza]

i gotta admit i say good on him for at least being honest. if hed said that e cheered when we won then u cant respect that can u.

still dont like the shrek looking mofo but respect his honesty, and hes not a bad footballer either. its good to not be liked by everyone. only when u have respect can u be disliked

Agreed, i prefer to hear that then some garbage like he was glad we won it, he still a plonker  though

[hobbes]

screw him and screw all those who are against Liverpool

[Garymac]

"Because of his everton connections" was he thinking about these connections when he ran over to the Everton fans kissing the Man u badge while the rest of his teammates where off to celebrate with Giggs at Old Trafford, and lets face it we were all doing cartwheels when Munich went into injury time in the lead........Well i know i was, 3 minutes later and a chair got flung across the room!!!!

Like Rooney im learning to control me temperament 

Isnt it great hearing players of the once great United having to watch Liverpool on the telly in the Champions League final wanting us to lose.......Justc adds more glory on a wonderful night!

[Woollyback]

like dawsonio says at least he's honest. he hates us, we hate him, that's fine.

i can't be @rsed with players like owen who'd sit on the fence all day dishing out corporate sound-bytes

same goes for that c*nt gary neville, he once said he hates liverpool - the club, the city, the fans etc etc - good, cos we feckin hate his guts too and the day people like rooney and neville start liking us is the day we are no longer their superiors

[mighty mo]

fat shrek

[lawrenson_sarah]

I prefer honesy myself aswel

Doesnt make me dislike or like him more though
Hes a good footballer, bit of a tw*t

[Ace Ventura]

Isnt it great hearing players of the once great United having to watch Liverpool on the telly in the Champions League final wanting us to lose.......Justc adds more glory on a wonderful night!

Ha brilliant mate, and so true.

Imagine Rooney, the Nevilles Van horseface and the mancs all sitting together willing Milan on like we all were with Bayern in 99.

And then down south at Chelsea theres fat frank and John Terry and fat Eider all sitting there made up at half time, probably p@ssing themselves talking about how it would of been different had they been in istanbul.
Imagine the smug look on mourinho's face as he's drinking his red wine at half time.

Then comes the fightback in the second half, THE BEST COMEBACK IN THE HISTORY OF THE COMPETITION.

Garymac you flung a chair when the mancs won in 99, i threw a glass on the floor and 2 of my mates who cheered when solskjaer scored got told to f'ck off out of my house....typical blues...saying there english lets support them.

I would pay big money to have seen the reactions to the mancs and chelski's players and manager...when dudek saved that penalty.

[Leonmc0708]

SHOCK HORROR Evertonian cheers at a Liverpool defeat/bad result

WTF ?

[JBG]

Liverpool fans had more than a big smile on their faces when the Rooney/Granny stories made the papers.

[welshred]

Had a huge grin on my face at the final whistle of the benficas superb win to knock them out of europe alex fergs face was a picture   oh and moyes when the bitters were sent home from europe tee hee 

[shanks]

shrek look a like his girlfriend is only with the ugly fat shrek because he as money, he wouldnt pull a bird like colleen if he had a working class job shes a gold digger

[RedRoots]

I think giggs said something along the same lines as that a few months ago, I respect the honesty more than that facking bullish you hear off other players, like, "oh it was great for English football", no actually it was great for LFC now fack off and watch the ashes you cnuts!  

[Lando_Griffin]

shrek look a like his girlfriend is only with the ugly fat shrek because he as money, he wouldnt pull a bird like colleen if he had a working class job shes a gold digger

As gorgeous as Colleen is, you just couldn't nail her now knowing that ugly fat tw*t had been there. Not without some Dettol or something!

RE: his comments - he was honest, great.
He's still an ugly fat b*stard though.