Rooney wary of City threat

Rooney has scored 11 goals in Manchester derbies, making him the top scorer in the fixture. I still don't think Wilfried Bony is up to it. He's a good player but he's not on the same level as Aguero. Players can continue without any problem until they are 35, 36.

Team Talk: Wayne Rooney was United's joint worst player, along with Marcos Rojo and Bastian Schweinsteiger, according to an average taken from national publications' player ratings. "If we play the way we know we can, then we can certainly take the three points".

And with United now on the road to recovery after two poor seasons by the standards set by Sir Alex, there is now more at stake than mere bragging rights in Moss Side or Salford.

The England and Manchester United captain announced himself to the world in 2002 while still at Everton with a stunning goal against Arsenal at Goodison Park, and he has found the net a further 186 times in 13 years.

"An argument or a fight in the ­dressing room is normal procedure if you are going to be a successful team", he said.

"We were sitting in here in the first-half squirming really at the way Man United were playing, it was slow, it was pedestrian".

"Nowadays the top teams have such good squads that they can cope with injuries", he told the United Review. It is not easy to replace a manager like Sir Alex Ferguson.

Ferdinand, talking at the latest BreatheSport Live Lounge, also ­revealed he won trophies at United because the players fought each other and he would regularly clash with Rooney to wind him up.

Manuel Pellegrini's men visit Old Trafford on Sunday for the 170th installment of this high-profile duel between the two neighbors.

"You must have an open mind to give as good a spectacle as possible for the people who pay for the tickets". You expect players to run with a bit of penetration.