Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has claimed that Marcus Rashford is among the greatest strikers in Europe in the intervening time after netting within the workforce’s 2-0 win over Leeds United on Sunday. Rashford scored his twenty first objective of the season together with his strike in opposition to Leeds.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 12, 2023 23:48 IST
Ten Hag feels that Rashford can break the 30-goal barrier this season (Courtesy: Reuters)
By India Today Web Desk: Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag has claimed that Marcus Rashford is presently probably the greatest strikers in Europe after the England ahead scored within the Red Devils’ 2-0 win over Leeds United on Sunday.
Rashford scored the opener within the eightieth minute earlier than Alejandro Garnacho sealed the deal for United as they moved into the second spot within the Premier League desk.
Speaking after the win, as quoted by Manchester Evening News, Ten Hag was requested if Rashford is presently one of the best striker in Europe after scoring his twenty first objective of the season.
The Dutch tactician mentioned that he’s positively probably the greatest within the enterprise in the intervening time and claimed that he was satisfied of the 25-year-old’s expertise from the second he got here into the membership.
“He’s definitely one of them,” Ten Hag mentioned of Rashford’s elite standing. “He has the skills. I was convinced from the first moment, I was really excited to work with him, I thought I could get more out of him.
“But he has so many expertise and such excessive potential and there will be much more. When he works properly he’ll rating much more targets as a result of he can rating together with his left, proper and his head.
“It’s about him getting into position but also the team has to have the capabilities to pass in there and cross in there, as they did today. I think that is what I wanted to describe.
“If you have got higher formation and quietness on the ball, you get a swap of play otherwise you deliver an additional cross, like we did for the objective. And then lastly, an ideal cross from Shawy and Marcus was in the fitting time there. And as soon as once more it’s a good transfer by Wout Weghorst on the entrance submit.”
Rashford is one shy of his best goal tally for the club in a season and no United player has got to 30 goals after Robin van Persie. Ten Hag believes that Rashford will be able to reach the mark.
“You requested me, ‘do you assume you have got a participant in your squad who can rating 20 targets?’ in August or September and I confirmed. I believe he can do this.”
“Now, in case you are happy with it then it’s going to cease. Because satisfaction goes to laziness it’s important to hold investing every single day and when he retains the funding and retains the main target in each sport and convey the vitality in and the assumption, he’ll rating, he’ll hold scoring..
“So then I don’t know when it will stop but it has to go from game to game and during the week do the right things. I think as a manager, as a coaching staff we have to push him but finally it comes from the player. When he loses focus, the scoring will stop, clear.”
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Feb 12, 2023