Breaking news: Rashford sends a heart breaking message to Manchester United fans ,as he decides his future finally .
The 24-year-old had to start from
the bench again on Saturday
despite the absence of Cristiano
Ronaldo and Edinson Cavani
Manchester United coach Ralf
Rangnick says Marcus Rashford
must pull himself out of the rut which
has plagued his season.
The England international started
on the bench as United drew 1-1 with
Leicester, despite the absence of
Cristiano Ronaldo and Edinson Cavani.
Rangnick opted to use Bruno Fernandes
as the striker and started Paul Pogba
in behind him rather than give attacker
Rashford a shot against the Foxes
until he came on as a substitute
after 55 minutes.
Rangnick admits he did not want
to call on Rashford to start the game
because he is low in confidence, but
says it is up to the England international
to resolve the situation.
He told reporters: "I don’t think that [the
changes to the team] had any effect
on the rhythm of the game in the first
half but when we realised after 55
minutes that we need a goal we
brought on Marcus for Scotty.
"He had a yellow card, otherwise I
wouldn’t have taken him off, but with
a yellow card I think it was the right
decision to take him off.
"Marcus, it’s no secret that he is not
having his best time right now, it has
to do with rhythm and confidence as
well, yeah, again it’s our job to help
him to get this confidence back
and that is why I decided to bring him on
"In the end he has to do it himself
obviously, but the only thing we can
do is speak to him regularly and tell
him what we expect from him and
what he should do.
"The rest has to be done by himself.
There are quite a few examples this
season of players, some of them are
still here with us and one or two of
them are no longer here, have shown
that it is possible to develop within a
couple of weeks a level of confidence
where you can be a different player again.
"We all know that Marcus can play
better, but again in the end the steps
he has to take himself."
Rashford has started just 10 of the
Premier League matches in which
he has featured this season.
He has scored four goals and registered
two assists.
United's hopes for a top four finish
suffered a blow in Saturday's 1-1
draw against Leicester at Old Trafford.
They are now four points behind rivals
for a Champions League spot Tottenham
and Arsenal, though the Gunners
have two games in hand.
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