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Rooney: Five goals this season

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There's more live football on Sky Sports than ever before, including the Barclays Premier League, UEFA Champions League, Clydesdale Bank Premier League, England away Euro 2012 qualifiers and La Liga. With four live Sky Sports channels, as well as Sky Sports News, you'll never miss a moment on Sky. Click here for more.Sir Alex Ferguson believes Wayne Rooney is ready to 'take off' following his brace in Manchester United's midweek win over Aston Villa.

Rooney has struggled to replicate his free-scoring form of last season and his double in Tuesday's 3-1 success over Villa took his tally to five for the campaign.

The England striker has been set the target of reaching double figures by Ferguson, with Dimitar Berbatov having shouldered much of the burden this term.

However, ahead of Saturday's trip to Wolves, which pits top against bottom, Ferguson is confident the United forward is ready to enjoy a purple patch.

"Hopefully - and there's every chance with scoring the kind of goals he scored the other night - that he'll take off," said Ferguson.

"Goalscorers are like that and hopefully that's what we're going to see with Wayne. He's got 14 league games, European games and FA Cup games - he could easily get a good average.

"What Wayne has always had is a fantastic energy to play in a game. He's always committed to doing his best. The bonus is, as we saw the other night, he got two goals.

"Last season he was very consistent, but in the previous years he has scored in clutches of five or six games. But if he can get the consistency of last season then we are going to benefit from that."

Meanwhile, the United manager is confident that Rafael and Darren Fletcher will both be fit for the game at Molineux following recent head-related injuries.

He added: "Rafael should be OK. He has trained. He should be available against Wolves.

"I don't think we've got any other injuries from Tuesday night.

"With Fletcher, we'll assess him today. What happened is that his eye closed and he couldn't see the ball properly. So we had to take him off. I'm sure he'll be OK."

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