Football Talk - Ferguson plays down Rooney tantrum - 16/09/09
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has played down Wayne Rooney's petulant reaction to being substituted in the 1-0 Champions League win at Besiktas. Rooney shook his head as he walked off and hurled one of his boots in disgust as he sat in the dug-out.
But Ferguson responded: "He is never pleased to come off. He has so much energy he wants to play all the time. Ferguson said he had not seen Rooney lose his temper because he was watching the game but felt it was the right decision to replace him after a busy period for the striker in which he played in England's games against Slovenia and Croatia.
"It was always in my thoughts to freshen up a bit in attack. Wayne had played as a lone striker for an hour and it was always going to be the case that he came off."
