Eurosport - Fri, 13 Mar 13:36:00 2009
The striker, who started his career with Liverpool's arch-rivals Everton, said he wanted to end the Premier League title dreams of Rafa Benitez's side when they face United at Old Trafford on Saturday.
United said they feared Rooney's comments would be seen as inflammatory and removed the video.
A spokesman said: "In advance of the game we felt this was the best option as these kind of things can be misinterpreted and cause unnecessary problems."
Rooney told MUTV: "I'm very excited about the match.
"I grew up an Everton fan, my whole family are Everton fans and I grew up hating Liverpool - that hasn't changed.
"Liverpool have been brilliant and put up a good challenge, but it will be great if on Saturday we can finally finish that challenge off.
"For me, it is our biggest game of the season. If we can beat Liverpool it will almost certainly put them out of the title race.
"For everyone at United, especially myself, that would be a great feeling.
"They are always anxious games against them and I am sure it will be frantic with a lot of challenges.
"It's a massive fixture for both clubs with what's at stake."
Rooney also fired a warning to both Liverpool and Chelsea by insisting that United have more to offer, despite the fact they are already well on course for an unprecedented haul of five trophies in one season.
The Carling Cup and FIFA Club World Cup are already in the Old Trafford trophy cabinet, whilst they are in the FA Cup semi-finals and last eight of the Champions League.
They are also seven points clear at the top of the Premier League, but despite this Rooney still thinks United have yet to reach their best this term.
"We can still get better this season, we can score more goals. Chelsea used to win games 1-0 and if they got a goal they didn't look like conceding," Rooney said.
"It's the same with ourselves now. With our defence we are confident we can hold on to the lead.
"But we have been working hard in training on taking more chances and we have done better at that."
Source : TeamTalk / Eurosport /www.uk.eurosport.yahoo.com
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