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Gallant in defeat. Unlike certain other managers I could mention.
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger described Everton gem Wayne Rooney as a "very special talent" after his stunning 30-yard winner at Goodison.
The 16-year-old's goal, after Freddie Ljungberg's early strike had been cancelled out by Tomasz Radzinski, shattered the Gunners' 30-match unbeaten league run and left both managers purring with delight at the potential of the Premiership's youngest-ever scorer.
Wenger said: "He is the biggest England talent I've seen since I arrived in England. There has certainly not been an Under-20 player as good as him since I became a manager here. We were beaten by a special goal from a very special talent.
"I've seen a bit of him in recent months, his couple of goals on TV in the Worthington Cup, and when he came on to do so well at Manchester United recently.
"But you do not need to be an expert to see that he is a special talent, very special."
Everton boss David Moyes described Rooney's winner as a "wonder goal" and added: "Thomas Gravesen did well to bring it down and give it to him, but the lad then faced up, attacked the defenders and hit it.
"Sometimes we have a bit of a go at him for trying unrealistic shots from that range, but this time I felt with the space in front of him that he had a serious chance to score, and he did it pretty well."
The win was no more than a hard-working and well-organised Everton side deserved and Moyes admitted that his team are currently on a high.
He added: "We have been playing with this conviction and confidence all season and this week I felt the confidence higher around the place than at any time since I've been here.
"We believed we had a chance to beat Arsenal, we didn't buckle when they scored early on and there was self belief right through the team."
Arsenal will now be looking for a morale-restoring victory when they play Auxerre at home in the Champions league on Tuesday night.
> And Barthez didn't exactly "Cheat" as much as he tried to
> push the ref too far - without doing anything Illegal in the game of
> Football.
>
> He didn't break any rules, he was only time-wasting, but deserved to
> be cautioned.
If Barthez continues to do it, then oneday he will come up against a strict ref who won't have any of it and either send him off or allow the goal when someone rolls it in.
I just hope he isn't rushed into things by Moyes and ruined.
And Barthez didn't exactly "Cheat" as much as he tried to push the ref too far - without doing anything Illegal in the game of Football.
He didn't break any rules, he was only time-wasting, but deserved to be cautioned.
> But he needs to do at-least half of the things that saint Michael has
> done for England before he can even be mentioned in the same sentence
> :D
He's already sunk the gooners!
Thats more than enough for me!
All hail saint Rooney! :D
But he needs to do at-least half of the things that saint Michael has done for England before he can even be mentioned in the same sentence :D
Gallant in defeat. Unlike certain other managers I could mention.
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger described Everton gem Wayne Rooney as a "very special talent" after his stunning 30-yard winner at Goodison.
The 16-year-old's goal, after Freddie Ljungberg's early strike had been cancelled out by Tomasz Radzinski, shattered the Gunners' 30-match unbeaten league run and left both managers purring with delight at the potential of the Premiership's youngest-ever scorer.
Wenger said: "He is the biggest England talent I've seen since I arrived in England. There has certainly not been an Under-20 player as good as him since I became a manager here. We were beaten by a special goal from a very special talent.
"I've seen a bit of him in recent months, his couple of goals on TV in the Worthington Cup, and when he came on to do so well at Manchester United recently.
"But you do not need to be an expert to see that he is a special talent, very special."
Everton boss David Moyes described Rooney's winner as a "wonder goal" and added: "Thomas Gravesen did well to bring it down and give it to him, but the lad then faced up, attacked the defenders and hit it.
"Sometimes we have a bit of a go at him for trying unrealistic shots from that range, but this time I felt with the space in front of him that he had a serious chance to score, and he did it pretty well."
The win was no more than a hard-working and well-organised Everton side deserved and Moyes admitted that his team are currently on a high.
He added: "We have been playing with this conviction and confidence all season and this week I felt the confidence higher around the place than at any time since I've been here.
"We believed we had a chance to beat Arsenal, we didn't buckle when they scored early on and there was self belief right through the team."
Arsenal will now be looking for a morale-restoring victory when they play Auxerre at home in the Champions league on Tuesday night.