Rooney: Bring on the Blues

sand king SG

Wayne Rooney says he’ll be delighted if United draw Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter final.

The England international got the scoring underway at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon as the Reds romped to a 4-0 victory against top-of-the-league Arsenal.

Minnows Barnsley and Bristol City remain in the competition, but Rooney would prefer a tussle with Avram Grant’s Chelsea.

“I hope we get Chelsea,” Rooney told MUTV. “Personally, I’d like to play them at home and try to knock them out. After that we’ll be through to the semi final and I’m sure we can take things from there.”

Rooney has twice been on the losing side in an FA Cup final and is determined to add a winners medal to his collection this season.

“The FA Cup means a lot to me. I’ve been excited by the competition from a very young age and hopefully we can now go all the way.”

United swept Arsenal aside on Saturday afternoon even though the Reds began the match missing experienced players.

“Last season we had to play all the players in every game,” Rooney said. “Today we had Paul Scholes on the bench and Ryan Giggs got a rest all together. That keeps them fresh and could be key come the end of the season.

“We were very disappointed after last week’s performance against Manchester City. Training was difficult this week and we spent a lot of time talking about the tactics and how we were going to approach the game against Arsenal. I think we got it spon on.”

The FA Cup quarter final draw takes place on Monday 18 February at 13:30 GMT.

Y_Shun SG

Chelsea better not meet Man Utd!

LOL if not another trashing, knn :(

omgukilledkenny SG

Mmm..see whose luck more power lor..

United's "luck" for getting Prem teams or Chelsea's luck for getting lower league teams.

jonchao72 SG

Oh no... rooney now overconfident liao... not a gd sign

tripsky SG

Oh no... rooney now overconfident liao... not a gd sign

oh no.. in fact i thk it will be good for us to meet them early. if we win then with all due respect, we hav a more than decent chance to lift the cup. if not, then fine at least we can focus on the remaining 2 cups. if we are going to lose its better to lose now than to lose in the final.

sand king SG

i second you, but a lower leauge team might cause an upset like what happened this morning.