ManUtd star Rashford
First a sleepyhead, then a match winner!
First ManUtd star Marcus Rashford (25) overslept a team meeting, then he was wide awake against Wolverhampton.
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Match winner: Marcus Rashford scores against Wolverhampton to win.
Stephen KreisReporter football
Who does not know it? The mobile phone alarm rings, quickly pressed the button while half asleep, head back on the pillow, dreaming on. And an hour later I almost fell out of bed in shock. This is how ManUtd player Marcus Rashford (25) must have felt before the game against Wolverhampton. Because he overslept a team meeting, he was unceremoniously removed from the starting XI.
“There are rules,” says his coach Erik ten Hag. And the Dutch general demonstrates once again that he has no regard for big names. Harry Maguire, the English national defender and captain of the Red Devils, was only in the starting XI three times this season and was demoted to an extra, as was Cristiano Ronaldo.
That the superstar afterwards settled accounts with Ten Hag in a Trötzel interview? The Dutchman should now acknowledge this with a weary smile. Because the form curve at ManUtd is pointing steeply upwards. Six wins in the last ten league games, only two defeats, on loss points in Champions League place 4.
ManUtd on CL course
Mainly responsible for the flight: Marcus Rashford. Man Utd legend Paul Scholes says this one is in ‘the shape of his life’. The England striker excelled with a goal and an assist in the 3-0 win against Nottingham last Tuesday.
And also against Wolverhampten, the right-footed player is the man of the game after being substituted on. After a wonderful one-two with Bruno Fernandes, the striker keeps a cool head in the opposing penalty area, beats three opponents and pushes the ball into the near corner. Shortly thereafter, Rashford can be celebrated a second time, but the goal is rightly not given because of a handball.
In the end it doesn’t matter, ManUtd wins 1-0 and can dream of the Champions League. Thanks to sleepyhead Rashford.
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