Fergie expecting big performance from Rooney

Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson hopes Wayne Rooney can shine when he returns to Everton.

Ferguson needs Rooney on top form if United are to show once again that they can suffer heavy defeats and still bounce back.

The United manager said: “He’s had mixed success going to Everton. He’s scored a couple of goals in previous games and gets booed as normal.

“He got booked in one game and I took him off because he’d been booked and there was no way I was going to give the referee an opportunity to send him off.

“That’s where the hype around the ground in terms of him getting booed every time he makes a challenge comes into it. He’s had mixed fortunes there but he’s scored a couple of goals and done well in some of the games and hopefully that will be the case tomorrow.”