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I'm going nowhere, vows Rooney as two-goal hitman commits to Manchester United

By Sportsmail Reporter
Updated: 10:42 EDT, 8 January 2012

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Wayne Rooney insists he wants to stay at Manchester United after scoring twice in a thrilling 3-2 FA Cup win at Manchester City.

Rooney struck either side of a Danny Welbeck strike as United led 3-0 at half-time, City having had captain Vincent Kompany sent off.

But the 10 men came back strongly after the break with Aleksandar Kolarov and Sergio Aguero on target and had United hanging on at the end.

Sealed with a kiss: Wayne Rooney makes his point at Man City

Rooney's future has been in doubt and he made a point of clutching the United badge after scoring his first.

Asked if he had a point to prove, Rooney told ITV: 'No, not at all. Everything that has been in the press of late is a load of nonsense really.

'There is no problem for me at this club, I want to be at this club for a long time.'

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson claimed he had no problem with Rooney and warned the striker he had to learn to get used to negative headlines.

He told ITV: 'There's absolutely no problem with Wayne what Wayne has got to realise is the press have got another (Paul) Gascoigne and he's got to suffer with that.'

Sealed in the mist: Rooney nods home after his penalty was saved

Ferguson was unhappy with his team's second-half display.

'I think we made them better than they were,' he said. 'We were just so careless in the second half.

'At 3-0 up at half-time they thought they were through and took their foot off the peddle. It was a careless performance, we should have been home and dry.'

Rooney said: 'We knew it was going to be difficult, going 3-0 up we maybe took our foot off the gas a bit.