Posted on: 05:17 Sun, 17 Jan 2016



The Manchester United captain has
surpassed the French legend’s tally of
most goals with a single Premier League
club after netting against fierce rivals
Liverpool on Sunday

Wayne Rooney has become the greatest
goalscorer with a single Premier
League club after scoring his 176th
league goal for Manchester United
against Liverpool on Sunday.

The England captain overtook Thierry
Henry’s mark of 175 strikes for Arsenal
when netting in the 78th minute at
Anfield to put United 1-0 ahead late on
– his first goal at the ground in 11
years!

Rooney has reached the landmark in
358 games, 100 more than it took
Henry to rack up his total, with the
Frenchman scoring at a rate of 0.19
goals more per game than the 30-year-
old.



However Rooney has been part of
greater team success, with United
winning five Premier League titles
during his 12 seasons with the club.
Henry won just two league crowns with
the Gunners between 1999 and 2007
before a brief return on loan at the
Emirates Stadium in the 2011-12
campaign.

Rooney’s goal takes him to 242 goals in
all competitions for the Red Devils,
leaving him only seven short of Sir
Bobby Charlton’s club record. Added to
his goals against Swansea City,
Sheffield United and Newcastle United
it also represents the first time the
former Everton front man has scored
in four successive fixtures since March
2012.