The Premier League title race is once again heating up, with Manchester City currently facing scrutiny over a string of financial breaches, while United are trying to rebuild under Ruben Amorim.
The last outing in the Manchester derby saw the teams deadlocked in what proved to be quite a monotonous game.
With the title-deciding final day of the 2024/25 season approaching, emotions around historic finishes are bubbling up once again in the media.
City’s controversial dominance over the last decade has come under renewed focus due to the 115 they face, with rival fans and legends weighing in.
Against this backdrop, a lighthearted exchange quickly turned into a headline-worthy jab as Wayne Rooney revisited a moment that still stings for many United fans.
During a fan debate on The Overlap, Wayne Rooney was asked by a Manchester City supporter about Sergio Aguero’s last-gasp winner in 2012 that snatched the Premier League title from Manchester United on goal difference.
His initial reaction was a stone-faced silence, causing the audience and Jamie Carragher to burst out laughing.
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Eventually, Rooney broke the silence with a jab-laced reflection: “Obviously that was a tough one… but didn’t Paddy Kenny turn the ball in? QPR knew they were safe, City get it to 2-2 and just get the ball handed back to them.”
Rooney then listed players on the pitch that day, including Joey Barton, Djibril Cisse, and Shaun Wright-Phillips, questioning the intensity of QPR’s efforts.
Carragher jumped in with the line, “So, you’ve got over it?”, to which Rooney sarcastically replied: “That should have been looked into.”
The Liverpool legend laughed and added: “It’s not just 115 now, it’s 116,” cheekily suggesting Rooney was implying another City charge should be filed—this time for their dramatic 2012 comeback.
Rooney’s comments, though humorous, tap into a wider suspicion still felt by many United fans regarding the circumstances around that historic title moment.
As City await a verdict on their ongoing legal case, the Red Devils’ icon may have just given the fanbase another reason to revisit old wounds.
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