Rooney Frustrated By Thriller

Wayne Rooney voiced his disappointment after Manchester United surrendered the lead twice in an entertaining 3-3 draw with Newcastle United on Tuesday night.

The Reds skipper netted either side of Jesse Lingard's 38th-minute strike on Tuesday night but the hosts dragged themselves level on two occasions in a back-and-forth contest at St James' Park.

"I think after going 2-0 up we were in control of the game, and then we've let them back into it," Rooney lamented to MUTV. "To then get our third goal and concede again was disappointing from us.

"I think they were silly goals to concede on our behalf and they were avoidable. They have cost us two points so we're disappointed.

"We can't keep going on conceding three goals every game so we have to work on that and create the chances without giving goals away," Rooney continued.

"You can score as many goals as you want, but if you keep conceding goals then it's a problem. We have to keep trying to get that balance right and keep creating chances, scoring goals and keeping them out."

The striker admitted that it was a much better attacking performance from United, who scored three goals away from home in the league for only the second time this season.

"I think we're always trying to create chances. Obviously we know that's our aim, that's what we work on everyday at the training ground. Sometimes it's difficult but on nights like tonight we did it so we need to keep working and keep trying to improve."

Rooney had given the Reds the lead within the opening 10 minutes from the penalty spot, and he notched a second with 79 minutes on the clock after firing home a superb strike from the edge of the area. "It fell to me nicely and I knew straight away what I was doing, there was bodies there and I tried to take it away from the keeper and hopefully it'd go in, and thankfully it did."

The double on Tyneside takes Rooney's tally in 2016 to four goals in three games but more significantly moves him ever closer to becoming United's all-time leading scorer on 241, just eight behind Sir Bobby Charlton.