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Booted bottle at fan & ‘tried an Arsene Wenger’ – Man Utd legend Wayne Rooney explains red card drama as Plymouth boss

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<p>The former England captain, who was <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/plymouth-pressure-wayne-rooney-up-at-night-man-utd-legend-captain-explain-doing-right-coaching-post/blt447e89cbbdcee107" target="_blank">sent off eight times in his playing days</a>, collected his first dismissal as a manager when being ushered from the dugout towards the end of a dramatic Championship clash with Blackburn. Rooney <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/wayne-rooney-teased-plymouth-players-man-utd-legend-sent-off-in-blackburn-win/blt3c7c215930b34da0" target="_blank">reacted angrily to seeing Rovers equalise</a> in the 86th minute.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Plymouth would go on to have the final word, as Morgan Whittaker snatched a 97th-minute winner, but their manager was stuck in the tunnel by then. He had tried to make his way into the stands – as ex-Arsenal boss Wenger once famously did at Old Trafford – but the Manchester United legend was <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/broke-his-glasses-man-utd-legend-wayne-rooney-speaks-plymouth-red-card-wild-celebrations-win-blackburn/blt2dc2043a6ddcd08b" target="_blank">left celebrating with club officials</a>.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Explaining why he was <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/wayne-rooney-backed-manage-big-important-club-plymouth-problem-facing-ex-man-utd-star-outlined/blte87f62af99852bb1" target="_blank">ordered from the touchline</a> and what happened next, Rooney has told <em>The Overlap</em> podcast from <a href="https://m.skybet.com/football" target="_blank">Sky Bet</a>: “It was a clear foul and they [the officials] have all missed it, and they [Blackburn] have scored from it. So I have gone to the fourth official.”</p><p>He added when asked if he had sworn at the fourth official: “Yeah, and I booted a water bottle, but accidentally it hit one of our fans. So I was in the tunnel, I tried a Wenger and I tried to just go in the stand, so I was in the tunnel when we scored, yeah.”</p>

WHAT ROONEY SAID

<p>Rooney <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/wayne-rooney-reveals-how-tv-show-first-dates-helped-recover-dreadful-start-plymouth-boss/blt8556a5b651735f90" target="_blank">endured a tough start to his reign at Plymouth</a> – which has seen him <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/why-wayne-rooney-wife-kids-didnt-follow-plymouth-coleen-explains-decision-live-260-miles-away-man-utd-legend/bltfb8270473446563e" target="_blank">separated from wife Coleen and their four sons</a> as he takes up residence in Devon – but results have started to turn and the 38-year-old was <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/wayne-rooney-manager-of-the-month-award-man-utd-legend-rebuilds-coaching-reputation-plymouth-83-day-stint-tom-brady-birmingham/blt5e6b2f77017e7747" target="_blank">nominated for the Championship Manager of the Month award for September</a>.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

Booted bottle at fan & ‘tried an Arsene Wenger’ – Man Utd legend Wayne Rooney explains red card drama as Plymouth boss | Goal.com English Bahrain

Wayne Rooney has revealed how he “booted a water bottle” that hit a fan and “tried an Arsene Wenger” during his red card drama at Plymouth.

Booted bottle at fan &amp; ‘tried an Arsene Wenger’ – Man Utd legend Wayne Rooney explains red card drama as Plymouth boss