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I'm going to completely violate my "no football" rule to comment on Wayne Rooney becoming Manchester United's top goalscorer of all time this afternoon with an equaliser deep in injury time to force a draw with Stoke City, edging a goal past the legendary Sir Bobby Charlton. It seems odd that Rooney will now end his career as an all time top goalscorer at both club and international level yet still remains the subject of derision amongst some football fans.

At his best, Rooney was unplayable. In February 2011, he scored one of the best goals I've ever seen to win the Manchester derby against City. The ball crossed into the box looked to be flying out of the other side of the penalty area. Rooney contorts his body into a ludicrous position to make contact with the ball with an overhead kick. Said ball flies into the top right hand corner beyond a helpless Joe Hart. As I said at the time, "Oh my god, what a goal".

He's scored many important goals before and since and won everything there is to win in club football. Yet there are some who will look to his former Cristiano Ronaldo and question whether he could have achieved similar greatness. This feels unjust somehow. Ronaldo would be the best player in the world in any other era except this one. I'm quite happy to not dwell on who Rooney could have been but celebrate what he has achieved. Well done Wayne.

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