Scholes defends Rooney after 'bad night' against Wolfsburg

By Naija Yarnings -
The former United midfielder believes the England skipper can bounce back from his poor night in front of goal in Europe and refused to criticise the England skipper's display Paul Scholes has leapt to the defence of Wayne Rooney after the Manchester United captain's disappointing performance in Wednesday's 2-1 Champions League win over Wolfsburg. The United striker, who has scored just once in the Premier League this season, missed a key opportunity to equalise, hitting over from 8-yards out following a fine dribble and pull-back from Anthony Martial. But despite a lacklustre night in front of goal at Old Trafford, his former team-mate-turned pundit Scholes was defiant in his support. He told BT Sport : "Who cares about social media? I don't. "He didn't have his best night, we all saw that, but we know what Wayne's capable of, if he plays a full season he's going to score 20-25 goals." United travel to north London this weekend to take on Arsenal in the league and Scholes believes Rooney has the ability to make amends for not finding the back of the net. "It probably wasn't his best night but he's the type of player that can have a bad night and then go and score two or three goals on Sunday - lets hope he does that."

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