Wayne Rooney will find out next week if he faces an English Premier League ban for celebrating his dramatic hat trick for Manchester United on Saturday with an expletive-filled outburst.
Rooney produced his finest performance of a disappointing campaign as the Red Devils came from two goals down to win 4-2 at West Ham and remain clear at the top of the EPL standings. But Rooney is in danger of missing one or more future matches due to antics following his third goal, when he screamed foul language directly into a television camera.
The incident forced Sky Sports – the primary broadcaster of soccer in the United Kingdom – to issue an immediate on-air apology. According to a source at the English Football Association, preliminary discussions have already been held to determine whether Rooney should be charged over his remarks.
United tried to take pre-emptive action late Saturday, with Rooney hastily issuing a statement in which he apologized for his behavior.
“I want to apologize for any offense that may have been taken from my goal celebration, especially any parents of children that were watching,” the statement read. “Emotions were running high and on reflection, my heat-of-the-moment reaction was inappropriate. It was not aimed at anyone in particular.”
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