Marcus Rashford has not been performing at his best for Manchester United in the 2023-2024 season so far. The forward had a really poor start to the new Premier League season. The 26-year-old had been struggling to put up any sort of decent numbers in terms of goals and assists for the Red Devils this season.
The England-born Marcus Rashford had been forced to play through the middle as a false nine during the start of the season. This was because Manchester United hadn’t had any prolific striker options to go with. Since, Rashford prefers to play on the left, which is more of his natural game, the player has struggled to adapt.
As per a recent report by ‘MUFC Scoop’ United’s manager Erik ten Hag expressed his thoughts regarding his number ten’s poor run of form. The manager reportedly stated – “He (Marcus Rashford) has proven it across all his career. He’s scored more than 100 goals already in the Premier League”.
Ten Hag on Marcus Rashford: “He has proven it across all his career. He’s scored more than 100 goals already in the Premier League. He scored last season; 30 goals, so there will come a moment in this season that it clicks.” #MUFC pic.twitter.com/0YG61ncecn
— MUFC Scoop (@MUFCScoop) November 23, 2023
The 53-year-old further asserted – “He scored last season, 30 goals”. Erik ten Hag concluded by expressing that he is hopeful that the player will click “in this season” as well sooner or later. However, in his statement, the veteran manager got the total goals scored by his player in the Premier League wrong.
Fans have reacted to this presentation of an incorrect stat by the United’s boss. A fan reacted by stating – “Mr liar is back again”. Another one chipped in and stated – “This guy is all about hypocrisy”. One of the followers asserted – “ten Hag has been saying this for 2 months”.
Mr liar is back again 🤥
— Manchester United 🔴 (@ManUtdFan15437) November 23, 2023
Another fan ironically commented – “Someone tell ten Hag, he (Rashford) doesn’t have 100 Premier League goals”. It can be drawn from the reactions of the fans that they are in no mood to ignore this mistake in stats by the Red Devils’ manager.
Performance of Marcus Rashford for Manchester United in his career so far
The 26-year-old forward has scored 77 goals for Manchester United so far in the Premier League. He has also registered 45 assists for the club in his 250 Premier League matches for them. While in the Premier League 2, he played eight matches for the club and scored once.
In his career till now including all the competitions, he has played a total of 375 matches for United. In these matches, he has scored a respective sum of 124 goals. His assists tally for the Red Devils stands at a total of 71. The England international has been the x-factor for the Old Trafford side over the years.
His sheer pace down the left wing has been the main part of United’s counter-attacking strategy. Fans of the club would hope that their star forward gets back to his best form. Getting someone like him firing again for the team, would give United a perfect chance to boost their season.