After two missed penalty kicks for Manchester United this season, Wayne Rooney has revealed that he no longer feels he's the right man for the job.
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The England striker's last spot-kick blunder, against West Ham in their FA Cup third-round tie, had the critics questioning whether he was still the man to be entrusted with the responsibility.
And in last Saturday's fourth-round win over Fulham, he tellingly took a step-back from the job to allow Ryan Giggs to convert from 12-yards out.
Rooney claims that in future, and should he be on the field at the time, in-form Robin van Persie has been entrusted with the penalty duty for the Red Devils.
"To be honest it was my choice," he told MUTV. "It wasn't good enough.
"I went in to speak with the manager and said I'd spoken with Robin and told him he could take them. At a club like this, to miss two penalties like I did and not hit the target wasn't good enough."
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