Record Breaker: Rooney Becomes England’s Highest Goalscorer As England Beat Switzerland

Wayne Rooney has finally written his
name in the history books, as he became
England’s highest scoring senior player
of all time in the 2-0 win over
Switzerland.

Wayne Rooney who equaled Sir
Bobby Charlton’s record with a
penalty against San Marino a few
days ago, struck another penalty to
break the record today and stand
alone atop the scoring mounting for
the three lions.

The penalty by Rooney was the
second goal of the game after Harry
Kane had opened the scoring in the
67th minute after Switzerland had
done a good job holding the English
back for the entire first half. Kane
had only been on the pitch for seven
minutes when the ball came to his
feet and he sliced a shot past the
Swiss goalkeeper into the back of the
net to finally break the deadlock.

In the 87th minute, Rooney got his
moment after Xhaka brought down
Raheem Sterling in the box. The
wembley stadium exploded with
excitement as Rooney stepped up to
take the penalty. Though the Swiss
goalkeeper got a touch to the ball, the
power of the shot from Rooney was
too much and the Manchester United
man went wild with emotion as he
had finally broken the record.
Congrats Rooney!!