Manchester United Captain Wayne Rooney breaks Thierry Henry's English Premier League record of 175 goals for one team

Manchester United Captain Wayne Rooney breaks Thierry Henry's English Premier League record of 175 goals for one team

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney is now a premier league legend after breaking the record for the highest number of goals scored by a player in the English Premier League with his superb effort against Liverpool this evening.

This comes just days after his brace helped the Red Devils stumble to a 3-3 draw against Premier League side Newcastle United.Rooney went ahead of Thierry Henry's record of 175 Premier League goals for a single club.He has scored five times in United's four January fixtures and adding to his career total of 242 career goals for the Manchester club.