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Wayne Rooney has revealed his saved penalty at Liverpool saw him relegated to fifth in Manchester United's spotkick pecking order.

Rooney has scored 24 of his 34 United penalties and his patchy record caused him to hand over responsibilities to Robin van Persie after an airbound effort against West Ham in 2013.

United manager Louis van Gaal asked Rooney in pre-season whether he would take over from Van Persie, granted an extended holiday due to his World Cup commitments, but Rooney was under unique pressure during the Reds' United States tour.

"In pre-season he asked me if I would take penalties, so I obviously said I want to take the penalties," Rooney told Gary Neville in a wide-ranging interview on Sky Sports.

"So he said he has a structure where if you miss one you're at the back of the queue. So I was like, 'alright'.

"I got two penalties on the tour in the US, one against LA Galaxy and one against Roma, and I've never felt that pressure in a pre-season game, to be honest."

Rooney's saved penalty at Anfield saw Van Persie regain penalty duty, only his effort was saved against West Brom and now Juan Mata is United's penalty taker, having scored at Crystal Palace.

"In the game Robin missed his, it was Robin first, Juan Mata second, Ander Herrera, Ashley Young. At the Swansea game, first game of the season, I had missed against Valencia [in a friendly the week before] so we had Chicharito number one, Phil Jones number two.

"So it got to half-time, Hernandez went off and Phil Jones came up to me and said 'If we get a pen, I can't take it.'

"So the manager, in fairness, says if you're gonna practice it make sure you have the bottle take it in a game, so a few defenders have dropped out of practicing.

"Because Robin missed [against West Brom], Robin will be at five now."

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