Fergie said:
Rooney was handed the captain's armband 15 minutes before kick-off after late withdrawals by Ryan Giggs and Rio Ferdinand.
Ferguson said: the 20-year-old responded with a tremendous performance, 'He's quite possibly the youngest player to captain United.
'I was looking around the dressing room only 15 minutes from kick-off and Edwin van der Sar was out on the pitch so I overlooked him.
'You look for someone who could respond to it - Paul Scholes for example doesn't want to be captain again - so it was an easy choice giving it to someone that it would give a lift to. He did fantastic and his form is back, as we expected.
I say Paul Scholes is such a nice guy... he doesn't crave to be captain, don't like the limelight, all he wants is only to play good football. A present day model footballer considering all the spotlight todays' footballer gets... a rock star status, getting drunk, super model girlfriends... This guy just play football then go home to his wife and kids.
