Memo to the Manchester United detractors: Write off Wayne Rooney at your own risk.After setting a team record and moving within one goal of one of the clubs most cherished marks, Rooney hopes to claim a spot in the starting XI on Sunday when the Red Devils host West Ham United at Old Trafford.It has been a trying year for Rooney for both country and club. Having to endure Englands shocking loss to Iceland in the round of 16 in the European Championships this summer, the one-time talisman of the Three Lions has seen his playing time dwindle as manager Gareth Southgate appears to be phasing him out for younger blood as the side tries to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.Rooney did not help matters recently when he was photographed looking inebriated at the teams hotel following Englands World Cup qualifying win over Scotland. Though he offered a public apology, the incident appeared to be another chapter of frustration in a domestic season in which Jose Mourinho has seldom started the 31-year-old Rooney in league play while leaning on him for Thursday night duty in the Europa League.For one night, though, Rooney turned it all around as his delicate chip over keeper Brad Jones in the 35th minute opened the floodgates as United (5-4-3) stormed to a 4-0 victory over Dutch side Feyenoord. The win means the Red Devils need only a draw in their final group match at Ukrainian side Zorya Luhansk next month to advance to the knockout round of the Europa.It was Rooneys 39th goal in European competition, surpassing the team record of Ruud Van Nistelrooy. And it was also his 248th career goal with Manchester United, leaving him one shy of matching the immortal Sir Bobby Charlton atop the clubs storied list of scorers.Its a great feeling to score goals and to score goals for this club, Rooney told MUTV after the victory. Im pleased and Im sure theres plenty more to come. Im happy with the win first of all but also with the goal. I think overall we played some good stuff.Rooney has a strong track record against West Ham (3-2-7) with 12 goals in 20 lifetime contests, highlighted by a hat trick that rallied Manchester United to a 4-2 victory at Upton Park on April 2, 2011. Five of his goals against the London side have been match-winners.While much will be made over whether Mourinho restores Rooney to the starting lineup, the Portuguese manager singled out midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan for praise following Thursdays romp. It was just his second start and sixth overall appearance for the Red Devils since his ￡26 million signing from Borussia Dortmund in the offseason, but after claiming Man of the Match honours, Mourinho may be ready to give the Armenia international more playing time.Always improving, improving, improving, improving until the moment he was really tired and I felt it was the right time to take him off and to let him come off with a very good performance, Mourinho explained. It was important for his confidence and he will try to keep adapting and trying to replicate this kind of quality performance in the Premier League which is a competition with different difficulties.Mourinho will also have first-choice striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic available for selection after the Swede missed Uniteds 1-1 draw with Arsenal last week to serve his ban for yellow-card accumulation.As Manchester United finally appear to be finding a rhythm under Mourinho, West Ham counterpart Slaven Bilic is still waiting for his side to show the form that helped them to a seventh-place finish and club-record 62 points last season.West Ham enter this contest in 17th place and one point above the drop after a heartbreaking 3-2 London derby loss at Tottenham Hotspur. Michail Antonio and Manuel Lanzini both gave the Hammers the lead on either side of halftime, but two late goals by Harry Kane -- first in the 89th minute and then in stoppage time from the spot -- condemned Bilics side to another painful defeat.We are extremely disappointed, Bilic said. We were 2-1 up with three or four minutes to go and (before that) we had three really good opportunities to score the third one. When you are up with three minutes to go you want to win the game. Ok, they can equalize, but to concede two goals -- one of which is a penalty -- is hard to take.Winston Reid added to the pain of the loss by being sent off after getting two yellow cards late and will miss this match. The captains absence has left Bilic pondering whether to turn away from a three-man backline hes used that helped Hammers improve their play of late in spite of the results.He has been instrumental, Bilic said of Reid. He has been really good since we changed the system. He was suspended for the game against Stoke and we have players we can put in without changing the system, or we can change it.Bilic denied he was concerned about his job security given West Hams struggles, but he did acknowledge the urgency of the situation in that his team needs to quickly gain points.With a win against Tottenham we would have been twelfth or eleventh, but we are in the position we are, he said. You can say its still early days, but we have to start picking up the points. We can say we were unlucky or we deserve more, but the table doesnt lie.The teams did not lack for entertainment in their four matches last season.After playing to a scoreless draw in the regular-season fixture at Old Trafford, Manchester United bounced the Hammers out of the FA Cup with a 2-1 victory in a quarterfinal replay at Upton Park on second-half goals by Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini. That came after a 1-1 draw at Manchester in which Dimitri Payet scored on a devastating bending free kick from 30 yards that was canceled out on a late goal by Anthony Martial.West Ham then closed out Upton Park in style in May by rallying to defeat the Red Devils 3-2 as Payet turned playmaker for goals by Michail Antonio and Reid four minutes apart late in the second half. The victory ended a 12-match winless streak (0-5-7) to Manchester United in all competitions and a 14-game drought (0-3-11) in league play.This will also be the first of two games between the teams in four days as Hammers will return to Old Trafford for a League Cup quarterfinal tie Wednesday.Honestly, I dont like it, I never like it, Mourinho said when asked about playing the same team twice in a short period of time. It has happened to me many times in my career and its something that I think is not good. 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An unconvincing England have chalked up the first win of their Four Nations campaign with a 38-12 victory against a gallant Scotland at Coventrys Ricoh Arena.The Scots, who were brushed aside 54-12 by Australia in Hull last week, more than held their own for the first hour of the game before Wayne Bennetts side added some gloss to the scoreline in the final 20 minutes.Despite fielding an almost full-strength team, the hosts found themselves 8-0 down after 26 minutes as the fired-up Scots came racing out of the traps.North Queensland duo Kane Linnett and Lachlan Coote combined for the sixth-minute opener with the former Sydney Roosters centre crashing over after being put clear by his fullback.They then doubled their advantage in magnificent fashion through former Gold Coast winger Matty Russell, who twisted his body mid-air to touch down one-handed in the left corner.Canberra back-rower Elliot Whitehead sparked the hosts into life with two tries in quick succession before the interval with Luke Gale adding the extra points from in front of the posts to give them a 12-8 halftime lead.Coote went close to putting Scotland back on level terms only to be held up on the line and almost immediately England broke downfield with Mark Pericival finishing well to give his side some breathing space.Now firmly in the ascendancy, the hosts added their fourth try through the prolific Ryan Hall, who touchhed down for the 30th time in 30 international appearances.ddddddddddddhe Scots job became even harder when talismanic skipper Danny Brough was sin binned for a professional foul and in his absence Jermaine McGilvary and Gale crossed the whitewash.The Scots scored a deserved third try through Dale Ferguson after Broughs return before Liam Farrell crashed over for his first international try.Bennett pulled no punches about his sides under-par display and said some players had played themselves out of the team to face the Kangaroos.For the first 20 minutes we were bad, we were not good, Bennett said.There was not much to enjoy about it. We didnt want to start that way, putting ourselves under that sort of pressure.I wanted them to play to their ability and a few of them didnt.They need to have a hard look at themselves.Scotland coach Steve McCormack said his sides display proved that that their place in the tournament was merited as exemplified by Russells try.I thought the effort of our lads was outstanding. No-one can question our place in this competition, said McCormack.It was a sensational try from Matty, I think they (video referees) must have watched it a hundred times trying not to give it.In the two games hes played hes been the best winger on the field. ' ' '
