article_snippet: Really, the only surprise was that it took Rooney three touches.
article_snippet: No 30 of the season for a young man who simply cannot stop scoring.
article_snippet: Twenty nine for a young man who simply cannot stop scoring club and now one for a young man who simply cannot stop scoring country at senior level.
article_snippet: Wayne Rooney caught the Lithuanian defence flat-footed and scored Wayne Rooney 47th international goal to leave Wayne Rooney two behind record-holder Bobby Charlton .
article_snippet: Wayne Rooney had hit the post moments earlier but made no mistake, nodding home from just outside the six yard box with the goal gaping .
article_snippet: Goals: Rooney 6, Welbeck 45, Sterling 58, Kane 73 .
article_snippet: The 21-year-old Tottenham striker, who has been on fire in the Barclays Premier League, was off and running in international football 79 seconds after replacing Wayne Rooney.
article_snippet: This was the third-fastest goal by an England debutant and the quickest since Bill Nicholson in 1951.
article_snippet: Until then this incredible story had all been about Rooney’s steady pursuit of Sir Bobby Charlton’s England goal record and Danny Welbeck
article_snippet: ’s wonderful display of attacking verve, which rightly earned him the man-of-the-match vote.
article_snippet: Rooney’s needed less than six minutes to score the opener and might have had more on a night when Rooney’s hit the woodwork twice in the first half.
article_snippet: first international goal
article_snippet: Rooney’s run to perfection and tucking away Sir Bobby Charlton’s cross from the right.
article_snippet: Rooney’s team are six points clear with one foot already across the Channel at Euro 2016, and promising young players like Kane are forcing young players way into contention.
article_snippet: Wayne Rooney makes a nuisance of Wayne Rooney in the Lithuania box, stealing the ball off the toe of Marius Zaliukas in a typical act of doggedness .
highlights_snippet: Rooney opened the scoring in the sixth minute after reacting first to a rebound to score Rooney 47th international goal .
  