After victory at Blackburn Rovers, Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney believes they've shaken off their sluggish start to the season.

"This was a really good result for us and I think we have repaired the damage now," said the England striker.

"That is four of our hardest games of the season out of the way and we are still in a decent position in the league.

"Hopefully we can go on a good run now and start climbing the table."

Watching England coach Fabio Capello must have been delighted with Rooney's performance and his post-match assurances that fears over his ankle injury, expressed by Ferguson on Friday following his substitution in Aalborg on Tuesday, will not threaten his presence against Kazakhstan on Saturday or Belarus the following week.

"The ankle is okay," he stressed.

"It's been a bit weak over the last couple of weeks and I have not trained as much as I would have liked.

"But the situation in Denmark got misread a little bit. I came off when the game was almost over and it is not a problem."