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Manchester United star Marcus Rashford has appeared like a participant reborn since he departed Outdated Trafford to affix Aston Villa simply earlier than the shut of the January switch window.
Rashford struggled in Erik ten Hag’s final one-and-a-half seasons at United and in addition failed to interrupt into Ruben Amorim’s plans at Outdated Trafford.
He fell out of favour underneath Amorim, who recurrently insisted that the rationale he repeatedly left him out of the squad was for coaching and choice causes. There have been nonetheless suspicions that the 2 have been concerned in a bust-up, which accelerated the breakdown of their relationship.
Earlier than arriving at Villa Park, Rashford had not featured competitively since December 12 however now seems to be discovering his ft once more.
On Saturday, he got here on from the bench and produced an electrical efficiency to steer Villa to a 2-1 comeback win over Chelsea.
Rashford supplied each assists for Marco Asensio’s brace. Along with his assists, he appeared harmful all through the second half, with the Chelsea defenders unable to comprise him.
In line with statisticians Opta, since Rashford made his debut for Unai Emery’s facet, he tops the Premier League rankings for many large possibilities created, assists and dribbles.
Since first lining up for Villa, Rashford has created essentially the most large possibilities (4), has the joint-most assists (2) and has made the joint-most dribbles (15).
1 – Since his debut for Aston Villa, Marcus Rashford has created essentially the most large possibilities within the Premier League (4). He additionally has the joint-most assists (2) and has made the joint-most dribbles (15). Rejuvenated. pic.twitter.com/tiLPzooeYU
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 23, 2025
It’s definitely good to see Rashford having fun with his soccer as soon as once more – sentiments that have been echoed by Alan Shearer.
Shearer stated on Match of the Day [via BirminghamLive], “He seems to be as if he’s obtained a bit of affection again for the sport and there’s little doubt he’s enjoying with extra power within the begin to his Villa profession than we’ve seen in him for a very long time.”
For United and Amorim, the tough query stays whether or not Rashford may have been making a distinction for them as a substitute of serving to a rival membership end the season strongly.
United’s attacking struggles aren’t any secret and on present type, Rashford would have maybe been a game-changer.
Amorim and his gamers are again in motion on Wednesday once they host relegation-threatened Ipswich City.
Featured picture Clive Mason by way of Getty Photos
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