Wayne Rooney followed up his hat-trick against Real Salt Lake with a goal and assist against Orlando City recently as a reminder to us all about just what a ridiculous player he is, as if we needed it.
England’s record goalscorer opened his 2019 Major League Soccer account with a supreme show of attacking mastery, combining composed finishing, electric movement and dominance on the ball to create a lethal cocktail that RSL simply couldn’t stomach, before doing the whole thing again just two weeks later.
Surprisingly, Rooney’s penalty in the 34th minute in the 5-0 victory over RSL was actually his first shot on target this season, having failed to test the opposition goalkeeper with a combined four attempts against Atlanta United and New York City FC.