Wayne Rooney’s iconic bicycle kick against Manchester City has been voted Manchester United’s Goal of the Decade, with a massive 50 per cent share of votes that were cast in our Official App.
Over 80,000 fans had their say in our poll this week and the club legend was ultimately a runaway winner, comfortably beating off competition from 10 other shortlisted strikes from the 2010s.
Rooney provided the assist for the runner-up, Robin van Persie’s sensational volley against Aston Villa at Old Trafford in 2013, which earned 14 per cent of votes that were cast by supporters.
Marcus Rashford’s recent free-kick against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup – which is currently the favourite to win our 2019/20 Goal-of-the-Season award – finished in third place with 13 per cent.
Rooney’s 2010 counter-attack goal at Arsenal and 2014 long-range lob versus West Ham United complete the top five, with seven and four per cent apiece.
Congratulations to Wayne and thanks to everybody who voted.
Goal of the Decade results:
50% – Wayne Rooney v Man City
14% – Robin van Persie v Aston Villa
13% – Marcus Rashford v Chelsea
7% – Wayne Rooney v Arsenal
4% – Wayne Rooney v West Ham
4% – Anthony Martial v Liverpool
3% – Juan Mata v Liverpool
2% – Henrikh Mkhitaryan v Sunderland
1% – Andreas Pereira v Southampton
1% – Nemanja Matic v Crystal Palace
1% – Antonio Valencia v Blackburn Rovers
PLAYER OF THE DECADE
Rooney’s rampant success in our Goal-of-the-Decade poll follows some detailed research – published this week – that shines a light on the former captain’s outstanding contribution as a Red in the 2010s.
As you can see in the tables below, Wayne scored more goals (145) and registered more Premier League assists (58) than any other United player.
The United legend was also only beaten for appearances in all competitions (298) by Chris Smalling (323), Antonio Valencia (339) and David De Gea (383).
Top 10 goalscorers of the decade:
10: Jesse Lingard (30
9: Paul Pogba (31)
8: Dimitar Berbatov (36)
7: Romelu Lukaku (42)
6: Juan Mata (45)
=4: Anthony Martial (58)
=4: Robin van Persie (58)
3: Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez (59)
2: Marcus Rashford (61)
1: Wayne Rooney (145)
