London  - An injury to Wayne Rooney marred a good night for Manchester United as they moved to within two points of leaders Liverpool in the English Premier League after beating Wigan Athletic 1-0 at Old Trafford on Wednesday.

England striker Rooney scored the only goal of the game in the first minute of the match to lift champions United above Chelsea into second, but the striker is now expected to be out for three weeks with hamstring trouble.

London, Jan 12 : Ace striker Wayne Rooney has warned Liverpool that he is about to dump them off the top of the Premier League.

The England striker scored in Manchester United's 3-0 win over Chelsea at Old Trafford on Sunday, The Sun reported.

They are now favourites to win the title and will overtake both Chelsea and Liverpool by Saturday night if they beat Wigan at home on Wednesday and then pick up another three points at Bolton on Saturday.

London, Dec. 31: Manchester United and England football star Wayne Rooney has rubbished Arsenal Football Club's chances of winning the Premier League title.

The Old Trafford star also dismissed Aston Villa's chances, saying the champions will be Manchester United, Chelsea or Liverpool.

Tokyo  - A 73rd-minute goal by Wayne Rooney gave Manchester United a 1-0 victory over Ecuador's Liga de Quito to win the club world cup on Sunday.

United played nearly all of the second half with 10 men at the International Stadium in Yokohama after defender Nemanja Vidic was sent off in the 49th minute for elbowing Claudio Bieler.

Rooney broke the deadlock when he took a pass from Cristiano Ronaldo and fired a low shot past keeper Jose Cevallos and inside the far post.

United become the first English club to win the competition in its current format to add the world crown to the club's Premier League and European titles this year.

London, Dec 20 : Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is hell-bent on making club fans alter one of their chants. At every game the Red Devils faithful let the opposition know they not only won the Premier League last season and the Champions League too.

Now Rooney wants another line added on, with victory over Ecuador's Liga de Quito, Club World Cup final in Yokohama, The Sun reported.

Rooney said: "It is a great opportunity for us to become world champions. You don't get many chances to win this tournament so we want to win it."

London, dec. 16 : Manchester United stars Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo are in celebration mode after they escaped bans.

According to The Sun, Roo was cleared of any wrongdoing by UEFA over his stamp on Aalborg midfielder Kasper Risgard in the Champions League last Wednesday, while FA and ref Mike Dean said Ronaldo's kick at Spurs' Michael Dawson on Saturday was also not worthy of disciplinary action.

The decisions are a huge relief for coach Alex Ferguson, who was furious about the furore over Rooney's stamp.