WAYNE ROONEY became Manchester United’s all-time leading scorer as his last-ditch wonder goal rescued a 1-1 draw at Stoke, while Pep Guardiola’s problems mounted as Tottenham came from two down to force a 2-2 draw at Manchester City on Saturday.

    It was Rooney’s 250th goal for United — a record breaker.

    Rooney’s long wait to overhaul Bobby Charlton as the club’s all-time leading scorer ended in front of the 79-year-old former United great at Stoke.

    “It’s a proud moment for me and a huge honor to get that record, just a bit dampened by the result,” said the 31-year-old Rooney, whose side remains sixth in the Premier League after the 1-1 draw. “It’s about a career and I still feel there’s a lot more to come, but overall it’s a really proud moment for me.”

    Inevitably the moment was tinged with disappointment for Charlton but not for long. Soon after the game, Charlton clambered down from his seat at Stoke into the United dressing room to congratulate Rooney.

    Rooney took 546 games to reach the milestone, while Charlton netted 249 goals over 758 matches across the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

    “I have become used to the honor of being the club’s all-time top goal scorer ... but it has been fairly obvious for a while now that Wayne Rooney was going to be the one likeliest to break my record,” Charlton said.

    “And now that day has come, I would be lying to say that I’m not disappointed to have lost the record. However, I can honestly say that I’m delighted for Wayne. He deserves his place in the history books.”

    Breaking records is one thing, now Rooney’s priority will be hauling United up the standings. The failure to beat Stoke was even more costly as three of the five teams above them in action all dropped points: Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester City.

    At Etihad Stadium, after uncharacteristic blunders by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris gifted City two goals at the start of the second half, Tottenham rediscovered the attacking threat missing in the first period.

    Lloris resembled City counterpart Claudio Bravo, who for once wasn’t the goalkeeper committing the mistakes.

    Lloris raced off his line when Kevin De Bruyne ball sent a ball high over the Tottenham defense and went for a diving header to clear, rather than trying to make a save. The header went straight to Leroy Sane, who then had clear sight of goal to put City in front.

    If that looked bad for Lloris, the next goal was even more mortifying for the captain. Lloris dived to gather Raheem Sterling’s cross but he allowed the ball to slip through his fingers and De Bruyne was there to capitalize with a simple finish.

    City’s two-goal cushion only lasted until the 58th minute when Kyle Walker whipped in a cross from the right and Dele Alli headed in his 11th goal of the season.

    City manager Pep Guardiola was left infuriated with the referee for not awarding a penalty when Sterling was pushed by defender Kyle Walker as he shot. (SD-Agencies)