Wayne Rooney has revealed how he “booted a water bottle” that hit a fan and “tried an Arsene Wenger” during his red card drama at Plymouth.
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- Pilgrims manager sent from the dugout
- Tried to make his way up into the stands
- Celebrated dramatic winner in the tunnel
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WHAT HAPPENED?
The former England captain, who was sent off eight times in his playing days, collected his first dismissal as a manager when being ushered from the dugout towards the end of a dramatic Championship clash with Blackburn. Rooney reacted angrily to seeing Rovers equalise in the 86th minute.
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THE BIGGER PICTURE
Plymouth would go on to have the final word, as Morgan Whittaker snatched a 97th-minute winner, but their manager was stuck in the tunnel by then. He had tried to make his way into the stands – as ex-Arsenal boss Wenger once famously did at Old Trafford – but the Manchester United legend was left celebrating with club officials.
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WHAT ROONEY SAID
Explaining why he was ordered from the touchline and what happened next, Rooney has told podcast from Sky Bet: “It was a clear foul and they [the officials] have all missed it, and they [Blackburn] have scored from it. So I have gone to the fourth official.”
He added when asked if he had sworn at the fourth official: “Yeah, and I booted a water bottle, but accidentally it hit one of our fans. So I was in the tunnel, I tried a Wenger and I tried to just go in the stand, so I was in the tunnel when we scored, yeah.”
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WHAT NEXT?
Rooney endured a tough start to his reign at Plymouth – which has seen him separated from wife Coleen and their four sons as he takes up residence in Devon – but results have started to turn and the 38-year-old was nominated for the Championship Manager of the Month award for September.