Wayne Rooney in agony after injuring ankle: World Cup fear over Manchester United striker

Published: 30 Mar 2010 - 22:55:51

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Wayne Rooney in agony after injuring ankle: World Cup fear over Manchester United striker

Wayne Rooney limped out of Manchester United's 2-1 defeat against Bayern Munich in the Champions League. The England striker collapsed in agony, holding his right ankle after falling awkwardly after Mario Gomez appeared to tread on his left foot. Feeling the pain: Wayne Rooney in agony after injuring his ankle Rooney immediately signalled to the United bench that he had to come off the field. Afterwards United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said: "He's obviously hurt his ankle, we'll know better tomorrow. It's too early to say. I don't think it's terribly serious, but we'll wait and see." Asked if he could feature against Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday, Ferguson added: "I can't answer that, we need to wait until tomorrow." Worrying sight: Injured Wayne Rooney is helped off the pitch England manager Fabio Capello faces an anxious wait to discover the extent of the injury. England midfielder David Beckham has already been ruled out of this summer's tournament in South Africa with an ankle injury. Look of concern: Wayne Rooney lies injured on the pitch The injury comes just over 10 weeks before England's opening World Cup match on June 12 against United States. Rooney broke a metatarsal bone in his foot in the build up to the 2006World Cup and his lack of fitness was cited as one of the reasons forEngland's quarterfinal exit. Quick fire: Wayne Rooney opens the scoring after just 64 seconds Rooney had put United ahead after 64 seconds of the quarter-final first leg butthen deflected Franck Ribery's 77th-minute free-kick equaliser past Edwin van der Sar. Bayern 2 Man United 1: Pain for Wayne after Olic provides late stingWayne Rooney won't hurt us! Bayern claim they're not scared of Manchester United striker Rooney hits the punchbag in bid to smash Bayern with knockout blowRooney 'carries' Man United! Ribery taunts Champions League opponents