Manchester United left it late to secure all three points over Hull City at the KCOM Stadium on Saturday evening.
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Alan Shearer quit England when he was 29 in a bid to extend his glittering career at at Newcastle United – and he believes Wayne Rooney should do the same.
Shaw said he had never felt so high on the pitch after Rashford’s victor in the second minute of time added on had made it three wins from three in the Premier League.
However, after a disappointing 5th placed league finish last season, new manager Jose Mourinho made a decision to rope in quality players and brought in one of the world’s most prolific strikers in Zlatan Ibrahimovic. “But I think top players have to have more time on the pitch than on the bench”.
United’s next match, after the global break, is a derby clash with Manchester City – who Rashford scored one of his eight club goals last season against.
The 30-year-old had not enjoyed the best of games at Hull before producing a telling piece of play in the dying moments to set up Rashford for a tap-in.
Sam Allardyce is ready to give England players permission to leave his first training camp over the next 48 hours as the transfer window draws to a close.
“It just shows that if we’re able to bring bodies in and make a couple of substitutions at the end, that could make all the difference”, he said. “They played against Leicester (the Community Shield game, a 2-1 victory) as a two when Marcus came on”. So I think it’s very good for him to be on the pitch for 90 minutes with the under-21 squad. “He will get his chance for Manchester United and England”. It also proves the FA are right to award yellow cards to players who celebrate with the crowd – but that is largely ignored by attacking players who do not accumulate that many during the season to warrant a suspension.
Arindam is ESPN FC’s Manchester United correspondent.
The United manager said: “He was like the team”.
“If we are going to be competitive at this level we definitely need a squad of players that can come off the bench and start for us”.
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Rashford and fellow substitute Henrikh Mkhitaryan gave United something different when they come on as substitutes, offering pace and direct running.
