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Rooney: Romero could’ve let late free-kick in! NewsColony The former Red Devil was unable to fire against his old side and was denied a late goal courtesy of a super save Player-coach Wayne Rooney hopes his teenage Derby County team-mates will benefit from the experience of taking on Manchester United in the FA Cup fifth round as he rued the fine goalkeeping of Sergio Romero.  Derby were soundly beaten 3-0 by United  at Pride Park on Thursday, with Luke Shaw opening the scoring before Odion Ighalo’s brace secured a quarter-final trip to Norwich City . Home captain Rooney was facing his former club and came closer than any colleague to getting the Rams on the scoresheet, seeing a stoppage-time free-kick touched over by Romero. “Sergio was not in a kind mood,” Rooney said after the final whistle. “He could have let that one in. It would have been nice it wasn’t to be.” The former United captain was joined on the pitch by a trio of young prospects in midfield...