Sentence:  Rooney, superbly <WSD>shackled</WSD> by City defender Vincent Kompany for so long as Ferguson surprisingly left Dimitar Berbatov on the bench, had previously cut a forlorn and frustrated figure but his natural instincts continue to serve him and United so well. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To render immobile or incapable; to inhibit the progress or abilities of.