He’ll have better games.
Manchester United recorded a comfortable victory in their second fixture of the season on Saturday afternoon. Jose Mourinho’s side beat Swansea City 4-0 at the Liberty Stadium.
But before a late flurry of goals, United had struggled to break the home side down.
Eric Bailly scored the first goal of the game, the first of his career, just before half-time, and it looked like they would secure a narrow win – then Mourinho made two substitutions after 75 minutes.
Juan Mata was replaced by Marouane Fellaini and, more importantly, Marcus Rashford made way for Anthony Martial. Within 10 minutes, United had scored another three goals, and the game went from being a stodgy narrow win, to an emphatic victory.
Romelu Lukaku, Paul Pogba and Martial got the goals for United, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan providing two assists.
The performance of Martial was particularly impressive. For the second consecutive game, the French forward came off the bench to score, and he played a part Lukaku’s goal.
Martial’s performance was in contrast to Rashford’s display during his time on the field. The 19-year-old was bright and showed flashes of quality in the game, but lacked an end product at times and missed a one-on-one chance in the first-half. It isn’t a surprise to see a young player show such inconsistency, and there’s no doubt Rashford will develop into a very good footballer.
However, aspects of his game on Saturday, left some United fans frustrated – particularly his passing, or rather his failure to pass to teammates when in the final third.
Several times in the match, Rashford failed to release the ball, choosing instead to try dribble past opponents. He’ll have better games, but has plenty of time to smooth out the rough edges of his game.
Rashford…. see what happens when you PASS
— t ✨. (@_itsyourgirltk) August 19, 2017
The kid is phenomenal but I just wonder if Rashford is being a little too selfish. A few times today there has been a pass he has ignored
— Not Applicable (@MartinColeman3) August 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/mortenfr/status/898888358557962240
Rashford's pass button is broken
— Ollie Lambert (@1ollielambert) August 19, 2017
#Rashford haven a good game.Needs to pass more though ! #Mufc
— Chris (@Foxc85) August 19, 2017
Something is in Rashford's head telling him not to pass..he needs to bind that spirit asap
— O O (@otoiks) August 19, 2017
Players like rashford don't last, very similar to Ashley young – when he was still balling. Sometimes calm down and pass.
— Blank (@Olamansur) August 19, 2017
Hate seeing Rashford on the wing. Overdoes it with the ball, doesn't pass enough and loses possession too often. #MUFC
— Sayfur (@Sayfur96) August 19, 2017
Rashford for goodness sake can you pass
— G. MORGANâ„¢ (@dami_willis) August 19, 2017
