Italian press purr over red-hot Rooney

But the England forward, whose two goals in the Red Devils' 3-2 win at the San Siro put Sir Alex Ferguson's side in pole position to reach the quarter-finals, also received an unusually high amount of praise from journalists in Italy.

As FourFourTwo's Riccardo Rossi explained in his latest Serie Aaaaargh! blog, generally, a score of eight out of 10 pops up as many times as the winning line in the Italian lottery.

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Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.