Punished! The great, illustrious Marcus Rashford was sidelined for disciplinary reasons. This surprised more than one in England, given the behavior of the man during the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet that is what Erik ten Hag did against Wolverhampton on Saturday.
Deprived of their star striker in the first period, Manchester United initially had all the trouble in getting the upper hand over their opponent of the day. So much so that the Englishman entered after the break, Erik ten Hag considering the sanction sufficient.
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Well took it from the Dutch, since the dunce of the day distinguished himself by taking advantage of a favorable counter at the start of the last quarter of an hour, to free the Red Devils. The hundredth goal he has scored or given up to score, as a symbol.
A success also for ten Hag
The answer is ideal for Rashford, who still establishes his status as a new attacking star in this Man U who only asks for that, to make Cristiano Ronaldo forget. But Erik ten Hag also comes out a winner. His winning coaching is doubled by the collective development that the sanction towards Rashford represented at the start of the match, the Englishman paying the price for a delay, as he explained after the meeting.
I overslept and arrived late for a meeting
“I am obviously disappointed not to have started, but I understand the decisioncontinued the Englishman. I think we can draw a line on that and move on“, he concluded, eager to leave as a memory of the day only the winning goal. A measured reaction from a player piqued in his pride: for Erik ten Hag, the sequence is perfect.
The former Ajax coach was very firm with Cristiano Ronaldo, sometimes to the point of making Mancunian fans cringe. With such management, the coach shows that he is the man for the job both humanly and sportingly, the hug at the end of the match with his striker of the day illustrates the relevance of this bet. This weekend, Erik ten Hag and Marcus Rashford leave Wolverhampton with little more than a victory.
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