In the fab cup round 3 finale, Manchester United took on Villa at home. After 90 minutes, Lonnick's team narrowly defeated Gerrard's team 1-0 and successfully advanced to the next round. In this match, the only goal scored for Manchester United was youngster Scott McTominay, and the player was also voted the best of the game.
In the lineup for this game, C Ronaldo and Sancho are not in the big list, and Lonnick sent attacking assists from Cavani, Rashford, Greenwood and B Fee. At a glance, this is United's regular starting attacking line-up last season. More than half a season has passed, and Manchester United's offensive players last season have experienced a significant decline in their status, and none of the 4 people have scored in this game.
Of those four, United fans undoubtedly have the deepest affection for the 24-year-old Rashford. As Manchester United's red-hot prince, Marcus Rashford's progress over the past few seasons is visible to the naked eye. He has scored more than 20 goals in the last 2 seasons. This season, however, Marcus Rashford has played 15 games for United and scored just three goals. Efficiency was reduced from 0.37 per game last season to 0.2 per game.
Looking back at this game, the starting Rashford almost played the whole game. Throughout the game, however, Marcus Rashford only missed opportunities repeatedly. After the game, head coach Lonnick also expressed his confusion, saying that the players were in good shape in training and did not know why they were sluggish during the game.
Rashford's most criticized scene of the match occurred in the 73rd minute of the second half. Another Manchester United academy, Greenwood, broke through on the right, and the player did not choose to assist the unguarded Rashford in the middle of the road but shot directly. Greenwood's shot was saved by Martinez, and Marcus Rashford, who did not get a chance to shoot, did not grab the ball and chose to show his dissatisfaction with Greenwood's behavior just now.
From a slow-motion point of view, Marcus Rashford is indeed a certain distance from the ball, but at that time, Villa's penalty area was in chaos, and if the players chose to grab it, they might be able to spell out different opportunities. Personally, this is not a great opportunity for Rashford, but his attitude of handling the ball in this way is indeed not to see too much hard work.
Substitute thinking, Rashford's first thought at that time was to complain to his teammates, and this is definitely not the right attitude of a top player. The moment of the football field is ever-changing, and a very small detail can affect the outcome of the game. From this point of view, it is clear that Rashford is not doing a good job, compared to Ronaldo's desire to score, the former is still too bad.
The slump of manchester United prince is no longer a matter of 1 or 2 games. The last time Marcus Rashford scored for Manchester United was in October, when he played Against Tottenham. In the past 2 seasons, Rashford has been a well-deserved thigh of Manchester United, and this season's downturn in his form has even ushered in a banner sarcastic attack by home fans.