Wayne Rooney fighting to save Plymouth Argyle job after latest defeat

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• Saturday's 4-0 loss at Bristol City extends poor run
• Rooney faces key clash with Oxford United next week

Wayne Rooney is fighting to save his job at Plymouth Argyle, with the manager under heightened scrutiny after a hugely damaging week of results.

Plymouth were hammered 4-0 at Bristol City on Saturday, four days on from a humiliating 6-1 defeat at Norwich. The former England and Manchester United captain is not thought to be at immediate risk of losing his job but defeat at home to Oxford next Saturday will further jeopardise his position.

The Plymouth chairman, Simon Hallett, was in the away end at Ashton Gate on Saturday to witness a second-half capitulation, which Rooney acknowledged was a "big embarrassment". It was not the first collapse under Rooney, whose side lost 4-0 at Sheffield Wednesday on the opening day of the season and were thrashed 5-0 at fellow strugglers Cardiff City in October.