GIGGS' COMPOSURE WAS GREAT : ROONEY

Wayne Rooney has revealed how Bayer Leverkusen were left in awe as Ryan Giggs rolled back the years in the UEFA Champions League.

Giggs, who celebrates his 40th birthday on Friday, produced another superb display of his long and outstanding career in Wednesday's 5-0 romp at the
BayArena.

Sami Hyypia's men simply had no answer to the Welshman's class, with some of their players just wondered how it was possible.

"I've run out of things to say about
Ryan," Rooney said.
"Actually, during the game, the Bayer centre-half was asking how he is still playing at that age.
"During the game, the Bayer
centre-half was asking how he is
still playing at that age. I certainly won't be playing at that age, that's for sure. His composure on the ball is great."

With Giggs still capable of performing at such a high level, he might not even gethis birthday weekend off given United visit Tottenham on Sunday needing to get their Premier League campaign back on track.

Rooney will not be getting the weekend off. Not after his four assists in what turned out to be United's biggest away win in Europe since 1964, and a victory
margin they have exceeded only once on their European travels in their entire history.

"It's a team game but it's always great when you can help your team-mates score goals," Rooney said. "It was a perfect away match.
"We played very well, we defended well, there was some great counter-attacking football, we played with power, pace and composure.
"It was really as good an away
performance as you can get."