The Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has said that he sees Wayne Rooney as the heartbeat of the Manchester United team in a way that Cristiano Ronaldo was when he was at Old Trafford. The England international Wayne Rooney was recently criticised by the manager Sir Alex Ferguson for not scoring as many goals as the striker Robin van Persie. After arriving in the summer for £ 24 million, the Dutchman has already scored 14 goals in all competitions for the club. Rooney has not been prolific in front of goal this season, but has now scored four goals in the last two matches for the club.

He scored two goals in the recent Manchester derby that helped the team win the match 3-2. This also helped them open a six-point advantage over Manchester City at the top of the table. Ryan Giggs has said that it is not important that Rooney finds himself often on the scoresheet because he is much more than just scoring goals. According to Giggs, Rooney is a player who can not only score goals, but also create them as well. He has compared this period with the time when the Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo was at the club. Ronaldo scored the goals for United while Rooney set them up.

“Wayne is the kind of player who can score goals, but if someone is scoring more he’s not too bothered. He’s quite happy setting goals up and pitching in with important goals like he did on Sunday. It’s like when Cristiano was here, he scored a lot of goals. It’s similar with Wayne, he’s not just an out and out goalscorer. He’s more than that. He’s the catalyst to everything good that we do,” said Ryan Giggs after the 3-2 win over Manchester City during the weekend.