2011-12 Title Decider vs QPR
Manchester United and England legend, Premier League icon.
Wayne Rooney is an English former professional football player and manager, widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation and a Premier League legend.
- Date
- May 13, 2012
- Venue
- Etihad Stadium
- Competition
- Premier League Matchday 38
- Result
- Manchester City 3–2 Queens Park Rangers
- Manager
- Roberto Mancini
- Winning Goal Scorer
- Sergio Agüero
- Significance
- First top-flight title since 1967–68
Lore & Background
Rooney spent most of his career as a forward for Manchester United, winning five Premier League titles and the 2008 Champions League. He scored a famous bicycle kick against Manchester City in February 2011, which won the Premier League 20 Seasons Awards Best Goal award.
In Their Own Story
The floodlights hummed over the Etihad, casting long shadows across a pitch soaked with tension. Sergio Agüero sprinted down the right flank, the roar of forty thousand fans vibrating through his boots. Time seemed to suspend as he unleashed a low shot into the corner, sealing destiny in the dying seconds of stoppage time.
Reader's Guide
Rooney is Manchester United's all-time top scorer with 253 goals and is the only player to have both 200 goals and 100 assists in the Premier League. He won 16 trophies with United and was named PFA Players' Player of the Year in 2009–10.
Did You Know?
- Rooney is England's second-highest all-time goalscorer with 53 goals in 120 caps.
- He was the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history at the time of his first goal for Everton.
- Rooney scored a hat-trick on his Manchester United debut in a 6–2 win over Fenerbahçe.
- He won the BBC Goal of the Season three times.
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