Wayne Rooney has received quite a bit of criticism for his performance against Aston Villa last night.
The Manchester United captain was playing centre-forward but appeared to have left his first-touch on the beach, and looked sluggish throughout his team’s 1-0 win, adding little to the victory.
Some people on Twitter compared Rooney’s performance to one more fitting to a certain former England ‘striker’.
LOOOL. Wayne Rooney playing like Heskey
— Nnaemeka (@Nnaemekaymcmb) August 14, 2015
While Bearded Genius said Rooney’s bad day at the office: “was the workplace equivalent of s**tting in the plant pot, p*ssing in the water cooler and angry-w**king all over the boss’s desk.”
So, essentially, Rooney had a bit of stinker. However, this stat possibly sums up best just how ineffective the United striker was at Villa Park last night.
Wayne Rooney's only touch in the #AVFC penalty area came in the 90th minute.http://t.co/jbCmvGAJVk #bbcfootball pic.twitter.com/psKzKQPMOn
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 14, 2015
Rooney only managed one touch in the opposition’s penalty area, and that came in the 90th minute, a worry statistic given Rooney is the club’s undisputed main striker, and, should United mount a realistic title challenge, Rooney will be expected to score over 20 goals.
There were some other worrying statistics for United fans regarding Rooney’s form.
Wayne Rooney: Has not scored a Premier League goal away from home since November (vs Arsenal) #mufc
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) August 14, 2015
The last time Wayne Rooney had more than one shot on target in a match was February 28.
— Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) August 14, 2015
