Ruben Amorim praises Marcus Rashford after tactical swap from new Man Utd boss

On Dec 1, 2024

Ruben Amorim praised two-goal Marcus Rashford but insisted he still must get better.

Rashford has been switched to his original centre forward role under the Portuguese. And after his brace in the 4-0 rout of Everton he’s now got three goals in as many games since Amorim took over.

Following a number of indifferent seasons, there’s genuine hope the much-maligned England forward could get back to his best Amorim believes he needs to want to do that and said: “He can do so much. He has to continue to improve.

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“He has the ability to do it. He’s already proved that but he can play so much better like the other guys. It was a good performance. Tomorrow he has to recover – and start thinking about ArsenalS.”

Joshua Zirkzee also scored his first goals since his August debut, ending a barren run of 18 games. Amorim, who will be without Lisandro Martinez and Kobbie Mainoo for Wednesday’s trip to Arsenal after they picked up bookings, said: “Josh did a great job.

Ruben Amorim was full of praise for Marcus Rashford
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“He scored two goals which is always good for confidence but most important he fought in every situation. It was a good day for him – and for our team.”

But Everton boss Sean Dyche was left mulling over yet another defeat – and some huge individual blunders from defenders Jarrad Branthwaite and James Tarkowski. His side, with just two wins in 13 games, were also asleep when Rashford scored just 20 seconds after the restart in an embarrassing mess-up.

Dyche bemoaned: “You can’t legislate for that. I’ve never seen a side of mine ever do that. It was a ridiculous moment for a team to give away such a soft goal. It was damage limitation after that. We had mistakes at the start of the season and they’ve crept back in. But to have three in one game is unlikely.”