Wayne Rooney has explained the reason behind his decision to wear boots with longer studs for Manchester United's crucial clash against Chelsea on April 29, 2006, at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues needed just one point to mathematically clinch the title under Jose Mourinho with three games to go, as they were nine points ahead of the Red Devils in the Premier League table.
"I changed my studs before the game," the current Derby County boss says in the new Amazon Prime documentary called 'Rooney'.
"I put longer studs in because I wanted to hurt someone.
"If Chelsea won a point, they won the league. At that time, I couldn't take it.
"The studs were legal, they were a legal size, but they were bigger than what I would normally wear."
Talking helped him bounce back
Rooney also opened up about his drinking issues and stressed that talking to people helped him relax and avoid mistakes of the past.
"I have spoken to a few different people," he added.
"I used to hold everything in and it would build up.
"I would deny it, but Coleen [his wife] could see it coming every time. I'd say f**k it and go out and make silly mistakes with the explosion.
"I learned that when I felt it coming, I needed to sit down and talk to someone.
"That calmed things down. I spoke to Coleen quite a few times, her mum and dad and my mum and dad. I did that when it got to a bad moment."
dennisachafu
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I remembered Chelsea won the match by 3-0 and Rooney was seriously injured after clashing with Cavalhno. His injury later affected his performance in Italy 2006 World cup. This is a big lesson to be learnt in life. What you wish for others might come back to hurt you.
EddieFanni_88
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After all the long studs I love this moment from JT what’s goes around comes around
Maduor
15
I remember it ending in tears for u and History FC 😂. anyway ladies like Coleen are hard to get nowadays and she's the main reason why they're still in that marriage
Etilomi0147
8
We won the match 3-0 and Wayne got injured ahead of the World Cup then…….BACK TO SENDER😂
SIRNOR
8
i cant believe this, how can u guyz have time posting useless things like this yet not one single congratulations post for mendy for winning AFCON with his country just last nite....so tell me something are we africans not part of the chelsea family, why are we not celebrated as the other players......go check the liverpool fanpage on this app mane nd sallah here n there yet u admin chose to ignore our very own mendy.....its a big shame on u guyz