AFP, Manchester :
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal paid tribute to Wayne Rooney after his winner against Swansea City lifted him to second place in the club’s all-time list of goal-scorers.
Rooney superbly flicked in Anthony Martial’s cross with 13 minutes to go at Old Trafford on Saturday to give his side a 2-1 victory that ended their nine-game winless run and left them fifth in the Premier League.
The United captain’s third league goal of the season took him past Denis Law to 238 goals-behind only Bobby Charlton’s club record of of 249 — and Van Gaal hopes a first home victory since 7 November will trigger an improved run for both Rooney and his side.
Van Gaal, who had overseen United’s longest sequences of matches without victory since 1990, said: “It is amazing and that at the age of 30 years.
