Wayne Rooney surpasses Frank Lampard with assist during Everton v Swansea
Wayne Rooney celebrates making it 3-1 to Everton (Getty) Wayne Rooney had a lively night for Everton..
Wayne Rooney had a lively night for Everton during their 3-1 Premier League win over Swansea, even managing to surpass a Frank Lampard stat in the process.
The Toffees striker took two penalties – the first of which he missed only to see team-mate Dominic Calvert-Lewin convert the rebound, the second he put past Swans keeper Lukas Fabianski.
But between those incidents, he provided the assist for Gylfi Sigurdsson’s wonderful long-range goal.
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It saw the ex-Manchester United player move to a total of 103 assists in the Premier League – one more than Chelsea legend Frank Lampard.
Only Cesc Fabregas (110) and Ryan Giggs (162) are ahead of him in the all-time records.
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The impressive achievement for Rooney comes with the 32-year-old in the best form he’s shown for years. He’s now scored 10 goals this season – more than he managed across the whole of last season and the one before that when at Old Trafford.
He was taken off against Swansea on Monday night to a standing ovation from the Everton fans.
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