Wayne Rooney a comic book hero at Man Utd, Granit Xhaka's red mist

Craig Burley assesses Wayne Rooney's goal record and whether it will ever be beaten again with football's current climate.It has been another action-packed weekend in the Premier League. Iain Macintosh looks back at the best and worst performances.

HEROES

There has always been an element of the old-school comic book hero about Wayne Rooney's career. The precocious, young talent bursting into the first team when most boys his age were worrying about exams. The fearlessness with which he took to international football. The big-money move to what was then arguably the biggest club in the world. That late, match-saving free kick was straight out of the comic book too: an incredible, last-minute…