Many fans anxious about the youngster’s future at Old Trafford following the arrivals of Jose Mourinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic this summer but he grabbed the headlines once again with an injury-time victor against Hull City on Saturday.
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“It’s important that he gets games because he hasn’t played that much”.
Allardyce had cited the teenager’s lack of competitive game time for the omission and, as the drama unfolded in Hull yesterday, social media came alive with those urging Mourinho to introduce Rashford, which he did in the 71st minute.
“I think he’s in outstanding form”, Allardyce told the FA website. “This is another lad with a great journey – it’s a fantastic journey that he’s been on, from non-league to now an worldwide call-up”.
“When you see his record, I do not know if there is a national team who has a coach like his”.
“We’ve got a big squad and a lot of quality, and whichever players the manager wants to use will have to step in and do a job”.
“You have to play to win every game”. He has a ideal head for an 18-year-old kid, very stable, not on the moon.
It felt cruel, on Davies’ desire and the spirit Mike Phelan, the temporary manager of Hull, had dragged from his players, but no one from United cared.
The Tigers vice-chairman Ehab Allam revealed in his programme notes that this could be the club’s last game with the Allam family as owners and he hoped a takeover deal with a Chinese consortium would be completed during the worldwide break.
Hull, who have 14 fit senior players. We need football players.
‘CITY of Culture – we know what we are, ‘ read the 30ft high banner, complete with Hull City badge, which floated above the KCOM Stadium pitch ahead of kick-off.
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The Tigers goalkeeper brilliantly turned Rashford’s low shot behind 11 minutes from time and then displayed remarkable reflexes to keep out a wicked deflection off David Meyler that seemed destined for the net. Today, they showed that.
