Sir Alex Ferguson praised his latest captain fantastic as Wayne
Rooney inspired Manchester United to brink of qualification for the
Champions League knock-out phase.
Rooney was handed the captain's armband 15 minutes before kick-off
after late withdrawals by Ryan Giggs and Rio Ferdinand left United
short of experience and the 20-year-old responded with a tremendous
performance as FC Copenhagen were blitzed 3-0.
Paul Scholes, John O'Shea and Kieran Richardson were the scorers
but Rooney was at the heart of United's best moves, and Ferguson
believes his young talisman is back to his best.
Ferguson said: 'He's quite possibly the youngest player to captain
United.
'I was looking around the dressing room only 15 minutes from
kick-off and Edwin van der Sar was out on the pitch so I overlooked
him - though perhaps with his experience and personality I should
have used him.
'You look for someone who could respond to it - Paul Scholes for
example doesn't want to be captain again - so it was an easy choice
giving it to someone that it would give a lift to. He did fantastic
and his form is back, as we expected.
