Wayne Rooney had to 'put a stop' to what Man Utd players did after ...

7 Apr 2024

Wayne Rooney had to a put a stop to some changing room antics after Manchester United suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Liverpool.

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United were experiencing a horrible season under David Moyes - who had been tasked with filling the rather sizeable boots of Sir Alex Ferguson during the 2013/14 season.

And the Red Devils were put to the sword by their old rivals Liverpool - with Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez finding the net. Rooney, who captained United that day, came to training the next day to discover his team-mates dancing in the changing rooms.

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Rooney said, when appearing on the Stick to Football podcast: "Football was changing. The behaviour of players, of course we’d misbehave or go out do whatever, but I think everything was changing around football and I think that was a big time.

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"I always remember coming in after the Liverpool game when we got beat (at Old Trafford in 2014 under Moyes). Lads were coming in, dancing around the dressing room the next day, hip hop music on.

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Manchester United were battered by Liverpool (Image: Man Utd via Getty Images)

Steven Gerrard netted a brace against the Red Devils (Image: PA)

"I remember taking the music out. You can try to control as much as possible, but in the end you can’t really."

Gary Neville then referred to a clip of Jesse Lingard and Paul Pogba dancing in the dressing room - from a different match a few years down the line.

"That [Lingard clip dancing with Paul Pogba] was another one after that," Rooney laughed. "You look at it and you just think it’s… (shrugs)."

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