United star in Roo-ins

Troubled Manchester United and England star Wayne Rooney was left out of United's trip to Everton yesterday following a gruesome week of tabloid allegations. The United boss claimed that he didn't want to subject Rooney to the kind of criticism he gets at his former club, saying "We made a decision simply because he gets terrible abuse here".

It was feared that Rooney may get a hostile reception at his old club after allegedly bedding two escorts at the same time. Its reported that while wife Colleen was 5-months pregnant, Rooney spent the night in a popular Manchester hotel with £1,200 a night prostitutes Jennifer Thompson and Helen Wood in a heated threesome.
The story broke last Sunday and has hit a climactic height, however, Ferguson believes that the United talisman will be in the right state of mind to face Rangers at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

Meanwhile the game at Goodison proved to be an absolute monumental clash as Everton saved the game in the dying seconds, with a headed goal from Tim Cahill and cracking volley from Mikel Ateta to bring the score back to 3-3. This was only the pinnacle of the the game after Pienaar broke the deadlock in the 38th minute. The lead was shot-lived however as Fletcher equalized on the stroke of half time. Further second half goals from Vidic and Berbatov seemed to put United in an untouchable position. But after the aforementioned events late on in the game the United boss was furious at his team for "throwing the game away".