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Preston goalkeeper says Rooney apologizes for diving

Xinhua, February 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Preston North End goalkeeper Thorsten Stuckmann said Wayne Rooney had apologized for the way he won a penalty during Manchester United's FA Cup win over the third-tier side.

"After the game Rooney told me: 'Sorry, it was my chance to get a penalty. I had to use that'," Stuckman was quoted as saying in Wednesday's edition of British tabloid The Sun.

The United captain went to ground in the penalty area after Stuckmann slid out to meet him towards the end of Monday's fifth-round tie at Deepdale and scored from the spot to complete a 3-1 win.

Rooney toed the ball past the sliding Stuckmann as the pair convened on the edge of the Preston box and went to ground despite an apparent absence of contact.

Rooney was accused of diving by a number of former players on social media.

"I say it clear: that was no penalty," added Stuckman.

But England manager Roy Hodgson, analyzing the game for the BBC, said that Rooney had not dived. Rooney is also captain for Hodgson's side.

"Not for me. I just think he was taking evasive action," Hodgson said. Endi