Roo axed as United draw

(12-09-2010) A seething Sir Alex Ferguson axed Wayne Rooney over the sex scandal that is plaguing his private life from the Manchester United squad that travelled to Everton on Saturday. United went on to draw 3-3 with the Toffees at Goodison Park after conceding goals in the 90th and 94th minutes. Publicly Fergie claimed to want to protect Rooney from the abuse he was set to cop from the Everton faithful. However, sources at Old Trafford believe the fiery Scot was actually laying down the law to his wayward star. In the match, Steven Pienaar opened the scoring for the home side, before goals from Darren Fletcher, Nemanja Vidic and Dimitar Berbatov put the Red Devils 3-1 up. But late strikes from Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta left Ferguson fuming as his team fell four points behind EPL leaders Chelsea.