Wayne Rooney's nightmare continued in the Championship as Birmingham City suffered third straight defeat under his tutelage.
Slammed referee for denying Birmingham City a penaltyThe Rooney-managed Championship side went down 3-1 against Southampton on Saturday with Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Carlos Alcaraz and Adam Armstrong scoring for the home team. Jay Stansfield, on the other hand, scored the consolation goal for the Blues.
While the former Manchester United star praised his team's performance against the Saints and drew positives from the game, he slammed the match officials for denying his team a penalty after Oliver Burke was fouled inside the box.They are a good team they moved the ball well and as I have said they have got a coach who wants to play football. I said that before the game, the teams in this league are teams who want to play football," he told.
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