Why Marcus Rashford Was Benched Against Wolves

Written By Onyeka Daniel

In their last game of 2022, English Premier League side, Manchester United were made to work for all three points as they needed a second half goal from Marcus Rashford to grab all three points away from home.

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The England striker started from the bench at the Molineux stadium despite being their best striker at the moment and the player has now revealed why he was dropped by the coach.

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The England forward came on after the halftime break and responded with a well-taken goal in the 76th minute. It was Rashford’s 11th goal of the season for his club and meant United will end a turbulent year in fourth place, two points ahead of Tottenham.

Rashford said he had no problem with Ten Hag’s decision to bench him despite being the team’s in-form striker. “It´s team rules. It’s a mistake that can happen,” Rashford said.

“I´m obviously disappointed not to play but I understand the decision and I´m happy we managed to win the game anyway. I think we can draw a line under it and move on. I was a little bit late for a meeting. I slept in, overslept, but it can happen.”

Rashford thought he had a second goal in the 84th, only for the effort to be ruled out as a result of the striker handling the ball. United have now lost just one of its last 15 games since a humiliating 6-3 derby loss to Manchester City in October, with Ten Hag making his mark on and off the pitch at Old Trafford.

United moved up to fourth place in the Premier League with their third successive victory in the competition. They will aim to continue that run when they host Bournemouth on January 3.

The issue with Cristiano Ronaldo is still very much fresh in the memory, where he benched the Portuguese before his eventual exit from the club. The Dutchman has now made another big selection call that ultimately paid off with the manager making his point without it harming United´s form.

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Ten Hag was keen to avoid talking about Ronaldo’s recent transfer to Al-Nassr during his post match conference after the game against Wolves and when he was asked about it, he gave this reply;

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“I don’t talk about the past, let’s talk about the future,” he told reporters at Molineux when asked about Ronaldo’s new club. We made a good step today. First time we are in the top four, but it means nothing because it is a long way to go.

“We have to live from game to game, get in the position to win something.” Ronaldo, before his exit from the club had said that he felt disrespected by the coach in the infamous interview he did with Piers Morgan and subsequently had his contract mutually terminated by the club.

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