Manchester United's Wayne Rooney has said he fears he will spend the rest of his career having to cope with over-eager referees, but the forward has no plans to change his aggressive style.
Rooney was sent off in England's World Cup quarter-final exit at the hands of Portugal and was dismissed again in a friendly against Porto last week.
"Possibly I am getting picked on," he said on Thursday at the launch of his book Wayne Rooney - My Story So Far.
"Referees get a lot of headlines with some decisions they make. I am not having a go at referees but that is the way the game has gone. Sometimes, referees have to take the consequences of that.
"I play football the way I see it. It happens with Cristiano Ronaldo as well. He gets a lot of unfair decisions against him. The refs are trying to grab headlines too much rather than ref a game."
Rooney wants to put his World Cup woes behind him and plans to throw himself into a new season with Manchester United.
"I hope the World Cup can drive me on," he said. "There are a lot of disappointed people at our club from the World Cup and I hope that can help us."
He added: "It was a massive disappointment. I know I can play a lot better. I didn't play half as well as I could have done.
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