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Wayne Rooney was disappointed to miss out on a hat-trick as Manchester United thrashed Aston Villa 4-1 at Villa Park. ‘We had a disappointing start but after that we started playing well, passing it well and played some great football before half time,’ Rooney said.

‘In the second half they had two men sent off which made it a bit easier. ‘I’m pleased to be back scoring but obviously disappointed to miss the penalty but happy with the two.’ Rooney’s England colleague Rio Ferdinand was keen to claim United’s third goal, which was helped into his own net by Craig Gardner. (more…)

Wayne Rooney continued his recent fine form with two goals against the improving Aston Villa at Villa Park as Manchester United come from a goal down to scored four.

Rooney took his tally to six goals in the last five games for club and country, after England’s EURO 2008 disappointment in Russia Rooney help the Red Devils chalk up a seventh successive win in the Premier League - and only a penalty saved denied him a hat-trick.

Sir Alex was forced to reshuffle the line-up as Vidic, Saha, Hargreaves, Carrick and Neville still not available. Ronaldo was on the bench after suffering a slight knock on international duty, Anderson was handed his second start while Pipue deputised at right-back as Wes Brown filled in for Vidic.

United looks to have moved away from the version of grinding out 1-0 wins earlier in the campaign and moved in a gear to play with fluent passing, movement, vision and the blossoming strike pairing of Rooney and Tevez.

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