Manchester United legend Paul Scholes feels skipper Wayne Rooney is too nice to opponents.
Scholes wrote in the London Evening Standard: "I don't think Wayne Rooney's tackle on Stewart Downing was the kind that hurts an opposing player.
"From what I could see of it, Wayne tried to trip him and ended up catching him higher up the leg than he had intended. It was the position on the pitch that puzzled me. It was not as if Downing was in on goal.
"If anything, Wayne's the kind of player who's better when he's on the edge. In recent years I think he's been too nice to opponents. You see him helping players up after challenges. He's better when he's nastier. That was the way he was when he came on to the scene 12 years ago. He was the player who was aggressive and did not try to hide the fact that he hated losing.
"As for myself, I did not spend too much time giving opponents a hand up after I had fouled them - well, only if I thought it might change the referee's mind about a card."
