Man Utd news: How Wayne Rooney flops at Liverpool

If Louis van Gaal's side are to conquer their rivals on Sunday, they will need their captain to end his dire record at Anfield 

  

Seeing red: Wayne Rooney tussles with Luis Suarez at Anfield, one of the Manchester United striker's least happy hunting ground 

There are few things that Wayne Rooney has not achieved in his glittering club career.The Manchester United striker has collected five Premier League titles, two League Cups and one Champions League since moving to Old Trafford in 2005, and two Player of the Year awards for his efforts in the 2009-10 season.

He is on course to break Sir Bobby Charlton's all-time record goals tally for United - he needs 21 to surpass Charlton's total of 249 - and will probably have his pick of ambassadorial roles with the club when he finally decides to walk away.

But one glaring omission on Rooney's United CV is his record at the home of the club's fiercest rivals. In fact, Rooney's run against Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League is one of almost unmitigated misery.
Here is a breakdown of his 10 appearances at Anfield, including two matches played with Everton in 2002 and 2004:

Games	10
Minutes played	745
Goals	1
Shots	9
Shots on target	3
Assists	1
Chances created	7

His only goal at Anfield came on his first appearance there with United, in Jan 2005, which secured a 1-0 victory. Since then, he has not only failed to score at Liverpool but has produced just two shots on target in seven appearances at the ground.

^{Toughing it out: Wayne Rooney brings down Steven Gerrard in Sep 2005}
Quite why Rooney should have endured such a wretched return is anyone's guess. It is not as if Rooney can be described as a flat-track bully who goes missing against the bigger teams: nobody in United's history can match his tally of 11 goals in the Manchester derby, while he has an astonishing 14 against Arsenal.