Wayne Rooney SENT OFF as furious Man Utd legend blasts referee before 97th-minute drama

Wayne Rooney experienced a rollercoaster of emotions connected Saturday, firstly being sent disconnected arsenic manager of Plymouth Argyle earlier his broadside scored a 97th infinitesimal victor to bushed Blackburn Rovers

A furious Wayne Rooney was sent disconnected amid the precocious play successful Plymouth Argyle's melodramatic 2-1 triumph implicit Blackburn Rovers.

Rooney, 38, present manages Championship broadside Plymouth, having taken complaint successful June. The Manchester United legend's reign got disconnected to a nightmare start but Argyle person present won 3 of their past 5 league games aft a melodramatic decorativeness against Blackburn.

Having taken the pb wrong the opening 4th of an hr done striker Michael Obafemi, Rooney's broadside were near gutted successful the 86th infinitesimal erstwhile Blackburn's Joe Rankin-Costello slotted location an equaliser.

Plymouth, however, were adamant that the extremity shouldn't person stood, vehemently appealing for a foul successful the build-up. Rooney was seething connected the touchline, making his feelings wide to 4th authoritative Jacob Miles.

Referee James Linington felt that the erstwhile England skipper had overstepped the people and showed Rooney a reddish card, sending him to the stands for the nail-biting closing stages of the Championship encounter. Rooney reluctantly made his mode down the Home Park passageway but he'd beryllium backmost celebrating connected the transportation conscionable implicit 10 minutes later.

Deep into wounded time, Plymouth winger Morgan Whittaker struck to snatch each 3 points for Argyle and determination them up to 14th successful the table. After the last whistle, Rooney returned to the transportation to observe with his players and staff.

The 38-year-old is moving hard to reestablish his managerial estimation aft being sacked by Birmingham City successful January, having been fixed conscionable 15 games successful charge. Rooney antecedently managed DC United successful the USA aft leaving Derby County, the archetypal nine helium coached, successful 2022.

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All of Plymouth's league wins person travel astatine home; beating high-flying Sunderland, relegated Luton Town and present Blackburn to boost the temper successful Devon. Rooney's eventual ambition to manager either United oregon his boyhood club, Everton. "Managing Manchester United oregon Everton is the aim, these large jobs are wherever you privation to get to," Rooney told BBC Sport earlier this year.

"But it's a process I person got to spell done the steps and get myself backmost connected track. I privation to get myself backmost into absorption to marque definite successful the adjacent 10 years I'm hopefully successful a presumption to spell into 1 of the large jobs."

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