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Man Utd striker Rooney: I can handle England pressure

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney insists he expects the pressure to arrive when he pulls on the England shirt.

Rooney has dominated the headlines throughout the World Cup but never felt under too much pressure.

"No, I think it's only right - there should be pressure, you're playing for your country," Rooney said.

"Not just for me but the whole team, we are representing England so we have to try and do ourselves, our country, our fans proud.

"We gave everything. We have gone out of the competition but it's not through the lack of trying.

"We tried, we gave our all and this time we didn't succeed, so we move forward. We have some positives coming out of the tournament and hopefully the young players can only benefit from it.

"We have to get on with it. It's football, it happens. On Tuesday night we try to win the game, then we go home and we look at things we can do better and try to improve for the next tournament, the next qualifiers."

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