Wayne Rooney ended Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Leicester City as a holding midfielder alongside Daley Blind. He began the game as a floating schemer in the Paul Scholes mould. The idea was that Rooney would ignite play, seeing the quick and long pass. The problem was his radar was often awry when attempting the raking ball designed to open Leicester up. While the 29-year-old has the vision to operate in the role, on afternoons such as Saturday when it does not happen for him, it seems a waste that he is not operating further upfield as the No10 or in attack. There, as his long career shows, Rooney wreaks havoc. Instead, in a sizeable slight against the £29m Ander Herrera, Louis van Gaal opted for Rooney while the Spaniard remained an unused replacement. Seeing Rooney in front of the defence at the end compounded the general oddity of his manager’s deployment of him. Jamie Jackson
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