article_snippet.sent: The 29-year-old had previously been deployed in midfield this season and United had struggled .
article_snippet.sent: Now, manager Louis van Gaal (left) looks set to unleash an in-form Rooney on Manchester City on Sunday .
article_snippet.sent: Prior to that night in Lancashire, an in-form Rooney on Manchester City was on the verge of knocking on an in-form Rooney on Manchester City manager's door to ask for an explanation about an in-form Rooney on Manchester City deployment in the centre of midfield.
article_snippet.sent: an in-form Rooney on Manchester City has gone on to become the most significant figure in United's return to relevance.
article_snippet.sent: At Old Trafford, just as manager Louis van Gaal (left) has since Cristiano Ronaldo left for Real Madrid almost six years ago, an in-form Rooney on Manchester City represents the most serious threat to Manchester City's prospects.
article_snippet.sent: Prior to the win over Tottenham, an in-form Rooney on Manchester City stood before an in-form Rooney on Manchester City team-mates in Manchester's Lowry Hotel and delivered an impassioned call to arms.
article_snippet.sent: an in-form Rooney on Manchester City is once more the central figure at an in-form Rooney on Manchester City club, in more ways than one. '
article_snippet.sent: For us Wayne is very important as a player, as a captain and because a captain can score goals.
article_snippet.sent: But an in-form Rooney on Manchester City can do that from midfield, too.
article_snippet.sent: The last goal an in-form Rooney on Manchester City scored — against Aston Villa — came when an in-form Rooney on Manchester City was playing in midfield.
article_snippet.sent: ' manager Louis van Gaal (left) mid-season deployment of an in-form Rooney on Manchester City in midfield remains a sensitive subject.
article_snippet.sent: an in-form Rooney on Manchester City name is written right through recent derby history of course.
article_snippet.sent: an in-form Rooney on Manchester City is the fixture's record goalscorer and the scorer of one of its most spectacular goals, that remarkable overhead kick back in 2011 that some City supporters, rather oddly, still maintain came off an in-form Rooney on Manchester City shin.
article_snippet.sent: Courted heavily by City as an in-form Rooney on Manchester City prevaricated over a new United contract, an in-form Rooney on Manchester City most definitely had an in-form Rooney on Manchester City head turned.
article_snippet.sent: an in-form Rooney on Manchester City scores an in-form Rooney on Manchester City side's second goal during United's 3-1 Premier League victory over Aston Villa .
article_snippet.sent: As it is, derby day now finds an in-form Rooney on Manchester City even more fired up and motivated than ever.
article_snippet.sent: an in-form Rooney on Manchester City may be a Liverpudlian but an in-form Rooney on Manchester City understands the City rivalry better than most at an in-form Rooney on Manchester City club.
article_snippet.sent: In Stretford, an in-form Rooney on Manchester City has the opportunity to ease United clear of Manuel Pellegrini's team.
article_snippet.sent: it remains a stand-out memory of recent fixtures and an in-form Rooney on Manchester City now finds an in-form Rooney on Manchester City in the perfect position to contribute some more.
article_snippet.sent: an in-form Rooney on Manchester City scores a sublime over-head kick during the Manchester derby at Old Trafford back in 2011 .
highlights_snippet.sent: Wayne Rooney had been deployed in midfield earlier this season .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Wayne Rooney's return up front has coincided with United's stunning form .
  