United boy Marcus Rashford plays as a 27-year-old for the first time without a Man Utd shirt. Unai Emery has consistently steered clear of questions from journalists about Rashford’s final months at United, the Aston Villa manager is keen on what is happening on the training ground and match ground. There he will let Rashford’s performances speak for themselves. On Saturday, Chelsea got to feel a Rashford “talking”.
In the previous game, the United player went on loan with a near-perfect free-kick for Villa, it hit the woodwork and Olli Watkins was able to score on the rebound. Against Chelsea, Rashford was heavily involved in the 2-1 victory.
Chelsea got off to a shock start with a goal after just nine minutes and had the lead until half-time. Then Villa worked their way to two opportunities with a penultimate touch from Rashford to score by Marco Asensio.
After the game, it was an impressed Youri Tielemans who praised his two new teammates.
“You can clearly see that they have a lot of quality. They are really hungry and want to help the team. That is what we need from them. As you could see at the end, the atmosphere was fantastic. Our comeback made it even more special. We fought well until the end and it was a very important victory,” Youri Tielemans told the BBC.
Manchester United supporters witnessed their team narrowly salvage points against Everton. Then it doesn’t help to see “their” Rashford serve to victory against rival Chelsea in a Villa shirt.
With the win, Villa and Rashford have put pressure on Chelsea and Bournemouth, in 6th and 5th place in the table. With a draw against Everton, Manchester United were unable to cut their lead over Everton in 14th place in the table. We’re just mentioning it.
