You lost 0-3 to Liverpool and you were dancing in the locker room the next day

Sports Bible, a sports media outlet, reported on the 7th (Korea Standard Time) that "Wayne Rooney recalled the past when his team members were dancing in the locker room after losing to Liverpool."

Manchester United was once one of the strongest teams in Europe beyond the English Premier League. Under Alex Ferguson's unique leadership, the team displayed soccer that never gave up easily. There were frequent goals that reversed the game right before the end of the game.

After Ferguson's retirement, the team began to crumble. Coach David Moyes was appointed as a successor, but failed to take control of the locker room. Moyes was replaced and several coaches took the helm, but they failed to save the team.

Rooney appeared on a podcast and recalled his tenure as Moyes. "For now, we were losing key players in the team. At the time, players like Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic were ending their careers. We were losing our presence in the locker room. Only me and Michael Carrick remained players," he recalled.

"Players like Jesse Lingard, Danny Welback and Tom Cleverly appeared. They all had great careers, but they were not the same as before," he added.

Rooney talked about the change. He said, "Football was changing. Of course, the players' behavior was wrong, but I think everything was changing around football. The timing was very important."

Rooney told an anecdote about how he was embarrassed. It was a home game against Liverpool in the 29th round of the 2013/14 PL. At the time, Manchester United was completely defeated 0-3 by allowing three goals to Steven Gerrard and Luis Suárez after a lackluster performance.

"I have vivid memories after the Liverpool game. The next day, the players were dancing in the locker room with hip-hop music on. I remember turning off the music. I tried to control it as much as I could, but I had no choice in the end," Rooney recalled.

In the past, a video of Paul Pogba and Lingard dancing has spread on social media. When Gary Neville, who appeared in the podcast together, asked if the video was right after the match against Liverpool, he couldn't continue, saying, "That was a different video. When you watch the video..."

Regarding Moyes, who led the team at the time, he explained, "The players didn't give him a chance. I think it must have been hard all the time. I knew him since I was at Everton, but he was not the same person at Manchester United."

"It was definitely a big change for Moyes. I don't think he did well, but senior players didn't respect him. It must have been tough for Moyes," he said.

BY: 토토