Manchester United on-form forward Wayne Rooney scored a brilliant thunderbolt against Liverpool to hand the Red Devils a 1-0 win over their bitter rivals at their backyard.
The England international is now the player with the highest number of goals for a Premier League club. This comes just a few months after he was named England’s highest scorer of all-time with 50 goals when he netted a penalty against Switzerland while on international duty. Prior to Rooney’s goal against Jurgen Klopp’s men at Anfield, Arsenal legend Thierry Henry was the record holder of the highest number of goals scored for a single club in the Premier League.
Here are the top five highest scorers for a single club in the history of the Premier League
Wayne Rooney- Manchester United - 176 goals
Thierry Henry- Arsenal- 175 goals
Allan Shearer- Newcastle United- 148 goals
Frank Lampard - Chelsea- 147 goals
Robbie Fowler- Liverpool- 128
Football fans on Twitter heaped praises on the former Everton man:
Rooney is the new record holder for the player with the most goals for one club. Overtook Henry. Well done @WayneRooney
— Kung Fu Cantona (@Chiara_MUFC) January 17, 2016
Only took Rooney an extra 100+ league games to break Henry's record. Well done.
— Daily Cannon (@DailyCannon) January 17, 2016
Had a feeling Rooney was gonna pop up with a goal. His goal scoring record is phenomenal !
— Carl Ikeme (@Carl_Ikeme) January 17, 2016
Rooney 176 league goals. Henry's record shattered.
— Bibiire o se f'owora (@yew1e) January 17, 2016
176 goals for one club. Congratulations Rooney
— Ahmad Syadzwan (@syadz1) January 17, 2016
Rooney!! All time leading Bpl scorer. Boom baby!!! #176
— Eric Douglas Wulff (@MUFC_Wulff10) January 17, 2016
Congrats Rooney 176!
— Muhammad Manzo (@muhd_manzo) January 17, 2016 
