Wayne happy to take Dim view

WAYNE Rooney may be playing second fiddle to Dimitar Berbatov in the goalscoring stakes this season, but that hasn’t lessened his pleasure at playing alongside the Bulgarian.

Rooney has found the net only three times, two of his goals from penalties.

Berbatov exceeded that figure in a single game when he scored five against Blackburn in November, part of an overall Premier League tally of 14.

Yet there is no sense of jealousy from Rooney, merely a hope that their productive partnership can continue.

"I enjoy playing with Dimitar," said Rooney. "If we are playing well together it is the product of us playing and training together for years.”

United will hope their attack starts to fire ahead of a four–match run which could shape their season.

They open with a home encounter tomorrow against a Birmingham side which snatched a point off them at St Andrew's over the festive programme, before heading to Blackpool for the first of their two matches in hand.