Ten Years of Deadly Accuracy - Wayne Rooney: 28.09.04

Sir Alex Ferguson had eyed Wayne Rooney since he ended Arsenal’s 39-game unbeaten run with that goal and became the Premier League’s youngest scorer.

But was he good enough for Man Utd? Could he perform at the very top level?

On 28 September 2004, Wayne started his first game for the Red Devils, a group game in Europe’s elite club competition.

Over 90 astonishing minutes, Wayne fired a debut hat-trick to single-handedly demolish his opponents. As well as any questions about his ability.

Rooney had arrived.

Was Rooney's strike the greatest T90 goal ever?

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