HATCHET MAN: Rooney may live to regret his hate-filled outburst ahead of Liverpool clash

13 March 2009 10:48
Wayne Rooney ought to be commended for saying what he thought about Liverpool in a club interview.[LNB] Red mist: Wayne Rooney may have fired Liverpool up with his comments about hating the Merseysiders.[LNB]The fact that the Manchester United forward admitted to 'hating' theAnfield club and having an added, personal motivation for ending theirfeint title hopes on Saturday was far more interesting that some of the'take each game as it comes' tripe which gets trotted out so often.[LNB]   More from Hatchet Man... HATCHET MAN: Robinson's attack on his West Brom team-mates is more ill-timed than brave[LNB]13/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Owen's return at Newcastle is nothing more than a 'massive' anti-climax[LNB]13/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Dancing fiend: Wright-Phillips goal celebration was more like an Abba routine[LNB]13/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Arsenal's narrow victory in Rome doesn't mean their problems are ancient history[LNB]13/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Am I bovvered? Penalty clown Vucinic might just as well have had an Arsenal shirt on...[LNB]12/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Skint FA continue to devalue their own flagship competition by staging Wembley semi-finals[LNB]12/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Fergie reveals the team he fears the most: Manchester United[LNB]12/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Big spenders City finally reveal their ultimate ambition: To win Europe's most pointless trophy [LNB]12/03/09 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE[LNB] But Rooney's honesty could have done him more harm than good.[LNB]He has probably won fans for his open-ness and may even got back somerespect from supporters of the club he grew up following and playingfor, Everton.[LNB]Unfortunately, he will also have charged up Liverpool on the eve oftheir clash with United and made life easy for Rafael Benitez.[LNB]The Liverpool manager pinned up a copy of Spanish newspaper Marca withthe headline: 'This is Anfield, so what?' to the dressing roomnoticeboard before they thrashed Real Madrid last Tuesday.[LNB]Fernando Torres translated it for his team-mates then, but no-one willneed to do that if they repeat the trick at Old Trafford with Rooney'swords.[LNB] [LNB]  

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