Rooney: "Perhaps I favored Rashford". 21:22 Saturday 09/03/2024. According to V Sports,ólẽtôiđãưuáiRashfordhơncầnthiế Wayne Rooney believes Man Utd should designate Marcus Rashford as the penalty taker instead of Bruno Fernandes. Man Utd had a favorable start to the match against Everton. They were awarded two penalties in the first half. Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford stepped up to take the penalties and both were successful. Rashford extended the lead to 2-0 from the penalty spot. However, according to former forward Wayne Rooney, Man Utd should only have one person taking the penalties. Rooney told Talksport, "I really wanted to see Marcus take on the role of taking penalties, I know he scored the second goal, but when you're a striker, you just want to score goals." Rooney advised Rashford to leave Man United. Bruno committed a dangerous tackle, but Casemiro was fortunate to avoid a card. Rooney emphasized, "Marcus is really good at taking penalties and when you're a goal scorer, you just want to have every opportunity [to score]. You should have one person, not two, taking penalties. When I played, we had Ronaldo, Van Nistelrooy, and myself later on." "I just wanted to see Marcus score, perhaps I favored him," Rooney emphasized. However, one cannot deny Bruno's penalty taking ability. He has successfully converted 11 penalties at Old Trafford, nearing Ruud van Nistelrooy's record of 12.