Rooney: We Deserved Nothing

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney felt his team "frankly didn't deserve anything" from Saturday's disappointing trip to the Stadium of Light.

The Reds missed a chance to close the gap on the top four as Lamine Kone's 82nd-minute header rebounded off David de Gea to condemn United to a 2-1 defeat and Rooney was clearly unhappy with United's display.

"We didn't create enough chances, we weren't aggressive enough and it has cost us not defending set pieces so it's a disappointing result," said Rooney after the game.

"We didn't play well today, we know that, we didn't win enough second balls and all that coming together has cost us and it is not good enough."

Rooney accepts finishing in the top four of the Barclays Premier League now looks to be a difficult task, but he is urging his side to look ahead to Thursday's away trip to FC Midtjylland.

"It will be difficult to qualify for the Champions League and the top four now, we know that, so it's a sad day in terms of losing three points and we have to somehow move on," Rooney continued.

"You don't know how this Premier League works right now, but we know it will be difficult to finish in the top four and [winning] the Europa League might be the best chance [of qualifying for the Champions League], but that is a long way away.

"It's a competition we didn't necessarily want to be in, but we are and we want to win it. Every game is a big game for us and we have to start again on Thursday."

Wayne Rooney was speaking to MUTV and BT Sport.