Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is targeting a new goal scoring record.

The 26-year-old striker netted twice in the 4-0 win over Aston Villa on Sunday, taking his tally for the season to 31 and his overall total to 178 - just one short of that set by George Best and Dennis Viollet.

"It would be great to equal the record and hopefully surpass them," declared Rooney to manutd.com. "It would be a great achievement that I would be proud of but I can't really look at that at the minute. If it happens then great, hopefully it will before the end of the season, but I'm just concentrating on my game.

"It was nice to score two goals but I didn't think my performance was good enough, I was disappointed with that but obviously I'm happy with the goals. It's the points that are important at this time of the year and if I can score the goals that get those points then I'll be pleased."