Rooney: I'm hitting peak form and will fire United past City to 20th title
By Sportsmail Reporter
Last updated at 12:01 PM on 27th February 2012
Wayne Rooney hopes his stunning form in front of goal this season can continue in the run-in and fire Manchester United to their 20th top flight title.
Rooney is currently sidelined with a throat infection, missed United's dramatic 2-1 victory over Norwich and will sit out the England friendly with Holland.
But when he returns he has no doubt that his form this term is what the Old Trafford club need to see off the challenge from fierce rivals City.
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Rooney told FIFA.com: 'We're confident that we can push on now, and start being a bit more consistent towards the end of the season.
'Personally, it's been one of my best goal-scoring seasons. I've scored 19 so far, and hopefully I can kick on and score a lot more towards the end of the season.
'We are still in a great position in the league, we're only a couple of points behind and a lot of games to go. We're confident that we can push on now.
'Going out of the Champions League was obviously a big disappointment for us, but we are still in a great position in the league, we’re only a couple of points behind and a lot of games to go.
He added: 'We want to retain the Premier League and do well in the Europa League. These are the two competitions we are left in and we want to do well, go far and hopefully win them.'
United currently occupy second place in the Premier League, two points behind City with 12 games remaining.
And Rooney realises that if they can claw back past Roberto Mancini’s side, they will owe a great deal to manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
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Rooney said: 'He's very experienced and a great manager. He knows which players he can speak to and which players he can shout at, if he needs to.
'He knows how the players react and how to get the best out of them. I think that's important especially in this day and age.
'His mentality for the game, his commitment and desire are obviously things that the players try and take on themselves. For me personally, he’s been brilliant. He's a great leader for our team.'
And with Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine just around the corner, the England striker hopes recent unrest and the memory of the debacle in South Africa can be put to rest.
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And is confident his team-mates will manage without him while he sits out his two-game ban after receiving a red card in the qualifier with Montenegro last October.
He said: 'As a team, as a group of players, we go there better off. I feel we'll be a lot better than we were against Germany.
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'The goal is to try and win the competition - it's been a long time since England won one. For us, we want to try to create a bit of a history, that’s our main aim.
'Hopefully we can do well in the first two matches that I’ll miss. And then hopefully the manager brings me back in and I've got a chance to help us try and win games and help us do well at the tournament.
'That’s obviously my aim. I think as a team, we aim to try and do that. It will be down to the new manager who he takes to the finals.'
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