Marcus Rashford scored a stoppage-time victor as Manchester United broke Hull City’s resistance at the death to win 1-0 at the KCOM Stadium on Saturday and keep Jose Mourinho’s winning record alive at his new club.
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Rashford struck a 92nd-minute victor, having replaced Juan Mata 20 minutes earlier, as United broke Hull’s resolve to extend Mourinho’s winning start at United.
Rashford hit eight goals in 18 matches for United last season, having broken into the first team in February, and went on to win a place in England s Euro 2016 squad.
“He has a muscle injury in his back and it is not good”, said Mourinho after the 1-0 win.
“I know when we score late people will speak about a bit of luck but the reality is we deserved it, especially in the second half”.
Rashford and fellow substitute Henrikh Mkhitaryan gave United something different when they come on as substitutes, offering pace and direct running.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will again lead the line with Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Anthony Martial providing support in attack.
Man United Jose Mourinho praised Marcus Rashford after his late game-winning goal, and his overall style of play.
Rashford has been short of opportunities to play this season so far due to the summer signing of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with concerns over the teenage sensation’s future at Old Trafford. “The kid is going to play a lot of matches for sure”.
“I hope Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho considers him more because he’s a great player”. Until then, it had looked as though both sides would drop their first points in a match that failed to create many fireworks as the rain lashed down at the KC Stadium.
Tottenham has five points from three games, one more point than a Liverpool side that has played all of its matches away from home while the club completes the rebuilding of the Main Stand at Anfield.
United’s win extended their flawless start to the Premier League season, with three wins from their opening three games. Working with him every day, I think the same.
After being so impressive for United at the end of last season, young Rashford has had a mixed last few months.
The Portuguese, however, said he was pleased with the way the whole team played defensively in the second half of the match. Rashford did not make the same mistake with a side-footed finish from six yards.
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“Credit to my players, they performed heroically”, Phelan said.
