Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag mentioned Marcus Rashford might be “unstoppable” after the England ahead scored his fifth aim in as many video games and assisted two others in Friday’s 3-1 FA Cup win over Everton.
Rashford arrange Antony’s fourth-minute opener and despatched within the cross that Everton defender Conor Coady was his personal web earlier than changing a stoppage-time penalty to cap one other glowing show.
The 25-year-old now has 13 objectives in all competitions for United to date and is on observe to beat his season-best tally of twenty-two objectives from the 2019-20 marketing campaign.
“From the first minute, Marcus showed confidence and belief,” Ten Hag mentioned. “For 90 minutes he was a threat for the Everton defenders. As a striker, you measure goals and assists – today he had two assists and one goal, so it’s a great.
“He can work on his weaker foot, on his heading, but on other skills he is very good. It is more about bringing him in the right position and that as a team we create the right spaces for him, so that he can bring his strengths.
“Then he is unstoppable with his speed, his dribbles, his directness… He has fantastic skills and when he has mental stability he can keep going.”
United, which prolonged its successful run to seven video games in all competitions, hosts Charlton Athletic within the League Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday earlier than returning to Premier League motion towards rival Manchester City in Saturday’s derby.