Rooney added: "I was going over to celebrate and as it was there, you know, you react. And it's an emotion, really, I don't know why it happened. And so, yeah, that was it, and then the FA investigate it and give me a two-game ban. They banned me for two games, which I'd never seen a two-game ban - it's either one game or three. So that was disappointing because I've missed the semi-final, and we lost it.
"I think there's worse things in football than someone showing an emotion when they’ve scored and not necessarily aiming it at anyone, but you get punished for it. I think it was wrong. I think for the FA or for, you know, the broadcasters, you're gonna have to understand that you're gonna get some things which, whether it's an emotion the way I’ve done it, or whether it’s some really good stuff, like Steven Gerrard, for instance, when he's gone to the camera and kissed the camera, you're going to get things which you like or don't like. If you're going to put the cameras that close, you're going to have to expect, and the FA have to expect, it might go one way or the other, because it's an emotional game."