Gary Neville, "We are blessed to have Wayne Rooney and we've got to nurture him and look after him and make sure he is flying and fit next year in the World Cup finals. We lost him in the European Championships and, whilst one player should never break a team, with the tournament he was having if he had stayed on the pitch it might have been a different story for us.
"That's the fine line that we tread and if you lose your great player, like France losing Henry or Italy losing Totti, it makes a difference. Usually it's that that sort of player when he is the form player that wins those crucial games for you. It is just making sure that Wayne is fit and available going into the games for the World Cup.
"It comes natural to him. I don't think he feels any responsibility. He is just doing things naturally, playing football like he has been since he was six or seven. I honestly don't think he sees being out there being any different to playing in the school yard. He just loves playing football.
"That's why I don't think there is any responsibility on his shoulders. He might be different when he is 25, 26 but at this stage he is just loving his football. Even when he came to United, a multi million pound move at the age of 18-19, he was not fazed. I've seen players aged 27-28 come to United and struggle with a lesser price tag but it's just natural to him - the whole thing.
"Wayne is not a selfish type. He is just more happy when the team wins. There have been strikers down the years that feel they have to score to contribute to the team. Looking at Wayne's performance on Saturday, and the way he plays his game, he is not that type of player. He gives and adds other things to the team.
"Look at the way he set up the third goal. It was a combination of great strength and great skill and he is capable of doing that. We've seen that from his England performances since he came into the team a year and a half ago. He is more than capable of changing a game at any moment.
"He ran (Northern) Ireland ragged and if you give him time and space and let him run at you then you are in trouble. It is not just his skill but his pure strength. Sometimes you look as if you're getting the ball, and I've had that in training against him, and he just brushes you off. He showed amazing strength for that third goal. He shouldn't have really got along the by-line. He was up against a six feet, four inches tall centre-half and he just brushes him out of the way.
"There also aren't many players who can run with the ball, not just in England but in European football, who can pick it up in central areas and go past players."
"He can play up there together with Michael Owen but he can also play behind two strikers in a diamond. He can also play to the left but maybe it's a pity sometimes as he's too good to play out there."