‘I broke his glasses’, says Rooney as Man Utd icon lifts lid on tunnel celebrations after winner minutes after red card

WAYNE ROONEY has admitted that helium joined successful Plymouth's chaotic celebrations against Blackburn contempt being sent off.

The Manchester United fable is managing the Pilgrims, having landed the Championship occupation successful the summer.

Rooney, 38, has enjoyed a coagulated commencement to his reign successful complaint of the Pilgrims, with the broadside presently 14th successful the league.

His champion effect came against Blackburn Rovers connected Saturday arsenic Plymouth bushed the promotion contenders 2-1 astatine Home Park.

The triumph came acknowledgment to a winning extremity from Morgan Whittaker successful the 97th minute.

However, Rooney could not articulation successful with the players arsenic helium had been shown a red paper for a touchline outburst earlier successful the match.

The retired striker has been dismissed by referee James Linington for his absorption to a determination successful the build-up to Joe Rankin-Costello's equaliser for the visitors.

But that did not halt Rooney from having his ain celebrations arsenic helium went chaotic with the nine caput successful the tunnel.

He told talkSPORT: "Me and the nine caput successful the passageway were celebrating, I broke his glasses celebrating.

"So the triumph was a deserved win, but sometimes it boils implicit a small spot and that's the quality of football.

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Rooney's reddish paper against Blackburn was his archetypal since becoming a manager, contempt stints astatine Derby County, DC United and Birmingham City.

He has insisted that the determination to disregard him was "harsh" but admitted that his absorption was not the best.

He added: "It was my archetypal clip arsenic a manager [getting sent off].

"I deliberation arsenic a manager oregon a caput coach, decisions hap connected the transportation and looking back, it's a escaped kick, truthful the extremity shouldn't person stood.

"In the Championship you don't person VAR truthful the officials missed it and your emotions footwear successful and you know, I'm a passionate person, we privation to win.

"We worked highly hard to triumph the crippled and to person that taken distant by what I consciousness was a mistake by the officials, I felt was truly harsh.

"I reacted successful a mode successful which I shouldn't person and the reddish paper was deserved.

"From my constituent of presumption the fans were fantastic, it astir galvanised the players and the stadium and we kept pushing to get the winning goal."