"Manchester United" coach Sir Alex Ferguson warned the team's forward Wayne Rooney that he must improve his penalty kick skills or he will be stripped of the right to take them. Last weekend, W. Rooney missed a penalty kick in a Premier League match against London's Arsenal, marking the ninth inaccurate penalty by the footballer since 2004 when he began his career in Manchester. In total, the 27-year-old footballer has taken 25 penalty kicks for Manchester United, hitting the target 16 times. However, A. Ferguson is not satisfied with the Englishman's accuracy. "Wayne has never said to me that he doesn't want to take penalties, but he must admit that he misses too often. He must do it better," Manchester United's coach told Sky Sports. In the recent match against Arsenal, the Manchester players secured a victory, and W. Rooney's penalty kick could have made the result safer, but the striker's shot hit the post. "If you hit the penalty kick into the goal, only the goalie can protect it from becoming a goal. However, the kicker's job is to force the goalkeeper to work. When you miss the target – you are the one to blame, not the goalkeeper. If Wayne misses another penalty, we will have to assign this duty to another player," said the coach of the Red Devils. This season, apart from W. Rooney, penalties for Manchester United have already been scored by Robin van Persie, Javier Hernandez, and Nani. Meanwhile, W. Rooney converted a penalty in the Champions League match against Sporting Braga on Wednesday. After the Arsenal match, A. Ferguson jokingly told journalists that he will take the next penalty kick himself.
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