Rooney warning for Reds

WAYNE Rooney has warned Manchester United they can’t afford to keep throwing away points if they are to hit their targets this season.

United squandered leads at struggling Newcastle to draw 3–3, in the process slipping to sixth in the league table.

Rooney, who edged to within eight goals of Sir Bobby Charlton’s club record of 249 with a double at St James’ Park, admitted his side has to find a balance between attack and defence after a game which went some of the way towards exciting the travelling fans.

“They were silly goals to concede on our behalf and they were avoidable. They have cost us two points so we're disappointed. We can’t keep going on conceding three goals every game, so we have to work on that and create chances without giving goals away.”

United, who have won twice in 11 games, went into the match with manager Louis van Gaal having admitted even he had been bored by some of their recent performances