2 hours ago Wayne Rooney believes Jude Bellingham's show against Mexico was reminiscent of heroic Champions League displays from Steven Gerrard and Roy Keane.
England midfielder Bellingham, 23, scored doubly successful 98 seconds arsenic Thomas Tuchel's broadside beat Mexico 3-2 with 10 men successful an epic World Cup clash astatine the Azteca.
The hard-fought triumph acceptable up a quarter-final necktie with Norway arsenic England spell successful hunt of their archetypal large trophy since winning the tourney successful 1966.
Former Three Lions striker Rooney likened Bellingham's show to Gerrard's successful helping Liverpool travel from 3-0 down successful the 2005 Champions League last against AC Milan and Keane's renowned show against Juventus to animate Manchester United to scope the 1999 European Cup final.
"I said Jude Bellingham was going to person a crippled erstwhile we're going to request him to resistance america through," the ex-United and Everton guardant said connected his BBC podcast.
"You look astatine Steven Gerrard against AC Milan successful the 2005 Champions League final. Roy Keane against Juventus for Manchester United. They dragged the teams done them games.
"I felt similar that was Bellingham's 1 with them 2 goals - the timing of the goals, his desire, his enactment rate, his hunger."
Gerrard scored the archetypal extremity arsenic Liverpool came from 3-0 down astatine half-time to bushed AC Milan successful Istanbul connected penalties and assistance the trophy portion Keane besides scored against Juventus arsenic United overturned a 3-1 aggregate shortage successful an inspired show contempt knowing a yellowish paper had ruled him retired of the last that year.
Rooney rated Bellingham's show successful the last-16 triumph successful Mexico's superior arsenic a '10 retired of 10' fixed the 'pitfalls' which surrounded the game.
The Real Madrid prima besides pulled disconnected a superb last-ditch tackle to contradict Mexico defender Cesar Montes a definite extremity and marque it 2-2 connected the changeable of half-time.
"At times defensively he's not ever successful the close positions, but his tendency to get backmost and enactment that last-minute tackle successful and assistance his teammates erstwhile they're not possibly having the champion crippled was everything," added Rooney.
"I conscionable felt erstwhile you, erstwhile you get asked to people them retired of 10 you're looking, thinking, right, could helium person done a small spot much to get that people up?
"I conscionable felt it was the close crippled to springiness him a 10 retired of 10."
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