WAYNE ROONEY unleashed his inner Roy Keane as he launched an angry rant over Liverpool’s reaction to their Everton defeat.
The former Toffees, Manchester United and England striker was in the Sky Sports studio for last night’s Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park.
Rooney watched with amazement as his old side virtually secured their top-flight status with a thrilling 2-0 win over Liverpool.
Everton’s amazing result also put a huge dent in their neighbours’ title ambitions, with the Reds now three points off leaders Arsenal and just one ahead of Man City — who had TWO games in hand.
After the final whistle, Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk chastised his team-mates for “not wanting” to win the Premier League.
He also moaned about his side’s upcoming 12.30pm kick-off against West Ham on Saturday.
Van Dijk said: "Do they really want to win the league?
"If you play like this overall in the game and not win any challenges and give the referee an opportunity to give a free-kick away then we have no chance to win the title.
"Very disappointed in so many ways. Everyone has to look in the mirror and look at their own performance and think if they gave everything.
"It is a tough one and obviously we have to do better against a side near the relegation [positions] it is time to focus.
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"If you play like today we have no chance to consider ourselves in the title race.
"It's time to focus on the 12:30 kick-off again. These games are always a big fight and something that we shouldn't have lost in my opinion, but we did.
"Now we have to pick ourselves up and be ready for an early kick-off Saturday."
But Rooney, who moved into management after retiring in 2021, wasn’t having any of it as he tapped into
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