Rooney Proud Of 4-goal Haul

Wayne Rooney spoke of his pride at netting all four goals in the Reds' victory over Hull City as United returned to the Barclays Premier League summit.

The England international produced yet another menacing display and got proceedings off to the perfect start with a close-range finish on eight minutes. Despite a couple of scares, United always looked on course for victory and Rooney made sure of the points with three devastating finishes in the final 11 minutes.

"The last time I scored four goals was probably when I was about 12!" he joked during an interview with MUTV afterwards. "It's my first time in professional football so I'm obviously delighted. It's a great feeling to score one goal in the Premier League, so to score four makes me very proud.

"Hull had a couple of chances when it was 1-0 and it was a bit nervy," he added. "That was when we had to show our experience and make sure we got that second goal.

"We'd had some good chances before then and maybe should have got our second in the first half, but it wasn't to be. Thankfully it eventually came and we pushed on from there with two more goals which killed the game off."

While Rooney was delighted with his four-goal haul, he was even more satisfied to have helped the Reds leapfrog Chelsea and Arsenal into top spot.

"Being top is very important," he insisted. "We can only do our job and we've done that today by getting the win to go top and it puts a bit more pressure on the other teams."