Manchester United ace Wayne Rooney says he got along well with Carlos Tevez, now of Manchester City.

The pair face-off tomorrow at Old Trafford in the Carling Cup semifinal.

Rooney told Four Four Two: "Carlos was a lovely fella, an honest player who ran for 90 minutes every week and you can't ask for more from a team-mate.

"I think he realised early on that I'm quite an unselfish player, that if he was in a better position I would give him the ball and that if he stayed up I would drop back to cover.

"We had that great bond where we'd work for each other and, because we lived round the corner from one another, we'd drive each other to training or drive to the airport together for away games."