How Manchester United players reacted on Twitter after Rooney’s record-breaker

Sun 22 January 2017 14:00, UK

Manchester United players were taking to social media last night after their disappointing draw against Stoke City at the Bet365 Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Despite missing out on the opportunity to gain ground on their top-four rivals after Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City all dropped points, the match against Stoke will be remembered as the historic day that Wayne Rooney broke the Manchester United goal-scoring record.

It was Rooney’s sensational free-kick in the 94^th minute that salvaged a point for Jose Mourinho’s side, and with that he took his career tally at Old Trafford to the magic 250 mark – higher than anybody else to play for Manchester United before him, breaking Bobby Charlton’s 44-year record.

And it was Rooney’s record-breaking that was a common theme with the Manchester United players’ tweets last night, with the 31-year-old’s teammates praising his now legendary status at Old Trafford.

An amazing goal today from a great team mate! Congrats on your all-time record!
— Bastian Schweinsteiger (@BSchweinsteiger)

History Maker 👏🏾👉🏾 250 👈🏾
— Jesse Lingard (@JesseLingard)

Record breaker! Well done legend 🔴
— Marcus Rashford MBE (@MarcusRashford)

2⃣5⃣0⃣⚽ 👏🏻👏🏻
— David de Gea (@D_DeGea)

United’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who didn’t have his finest match since his summer move from Borussia Dortmund, and midfield maestro Ander Herrera, also added their thoughts on yet another match this Premier League season that Mourinho’s side have dominated without an end product in front of goal.

THANK U for all the B-Day wishes! Today's result wasn't what we wanted, but we'll fight back for our fans! Congrats to 2⃣5⃣0⃣⚽!
— Henrikh Mkhitaryan (@HenrikhMkh)

Not the result we wanted but we fought till the end. What a goal by Wazza by the way! 🔴
— Ander Herrera (@AnderHerrera)

It wasn’t just the current crop of United players that were vocal on Twitter about Rooney’s achievement, though, with many club legends from the past offering their congratulations on his incredible feat.

Grateful to have at He is and have always been pure class. Congratulations on beating Sir Bobby's record
— Peter Schmeichel (@Pschmeichel1)

Wazzzzaaaaaaaaaaa…. 250 Club!
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5)

Big congratulations on his 250th goal & breaking the all time record!! Huge achievement… when's the statue going up!!
— Andrew Cole (@vancole9)

Well done great achievement, 250 goals for the best club in the world, respect :)
— Norman Whiteside (@NormanWhiteside)

Congratulations fantastic achievement
— Bryan Robson (@bryanrobson)

Even the great Brazilian footballer Pele, arguably one of the best ever players, got in on the act.

Congratulations for being a tremendous talent and a great representative of your club and country.
— Pelé (@Pele)

And finally, this is how the man of the moment himself reacted after scoring his 250th goal, taking the chance to thank the Manchester United supporters over the years.

Huge honour to become leading goalscorer for . Thanks to for his kind words after the game 😀
— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney)

Special thanks to the fans for your support along the way. Brilliant today as always 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney)

Just seen this, very proud reaching 250 goals. Thanks to everyone who’s helped me on this journey
— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney)

Where does Rooney rank in the all-time great Premier League players? Is he the last of his kind?

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