A dejected Wayne Rooney labelled Manchester United's 3-0
defeat to Liverpool on Sunday as "one of the worst days I've ever had in
football".
Steven Gerrard's brace of penalties and Luis Suarez's
late effort condemned United to a sixth defeat on home soil this season in all
competitions, leaving them way off the pace of the Premier League's top four
with time to make up the ground rapidly running out.
Things could have been worse for United at Old Trafford
with Gerrard missing a third penalty - which had seen Nemanja Vidic dismissed
for a second yellow card - while right-back Rafael da Silva was lucky not to
see red himself.
United rarely threatened throughout the contest as their
woes under David Moyes continue and Rooney expressed his dejection after the
final whistle.
"It's one of the worst days I've ever had in
football," former Everton striker Rooney told MUTV.
"It's hard to take. You have to give Liverpool
credit – they played well – but it's difficult to take. Nobody wants to lose,
especially in this way, in your own stadium. It's not nice."
Gerrard's second came in the first minute after the
interval and Rooney conceded the timing of the goal rocked United's confidence.
"To go behind by one penalty was hard to take,"
Rooney added. "We had a game plan for the second half, which went out the
window when they got the second penalty so early on.
"It made it an uphill battle to come back. I thought
after that we had a couple of chances where I thought, if we got one, we could
have gone for a second and maybe we could have done it. Obviously it didn't
happen, though.
"Then, to concede a third penalty, even though they
missed, was a big blow to us. We were then chasing the game with 10 men. That
made it difficult for us and they kept the ball well to see the game out.
"I haven't seen the penalties back again but from
where I was standing on the pitch I don't think we can argue with them."
Culled from Soccerway
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