Wolverhampton (AFP)
International striker Marcus Rashford was excluded from the starting line-up for Manchester United for “internal disciplinary” reasons, so he came on as a substitute in the second half, and scored the winning goal once morest Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0, Saturday, in the 18th round of the English Football League.
Rashford, 25, received an exclusionary penalty from his Dutch coach, Eric Ten Hag, who unusually indicated before the match that his striker would not start it for not respecting the internal rules, without giving further details.
And instead of Rashford, who also scored in the two previous matches for the “Red Devils”, and three goals for his country in the World Cup in Qatar, the young Argentine Alejandro Garnacho (18 years) who scored the winning goal for his team in the last match before the World Cup once morest Fulham (2-1) in November 13th.
But Rashford replaced the unfortunate Garnacho, between halftime, and made the difference in the 76th minute following a take-and-go pass with Portuguese Bruno Fernandez, so he went out and scored from inside the area his eleventh goal this season in various competitions.
And with its third successive victory in the league and the fifth in various competitions, United raised its score to 32 points from 16 matches in fourth place, a point behind Newcastle United III, who later receives Leeds United.
On the other hand, Wolverhampton remained in the relegation zone following the Spanish coach Julen Lopetegui suffered his first loss in three matches since his arrival in place of the Portuguese dismissal Bruno Lagi.
The players observed a minute of silence before the match in honor of the passing of Brazilian football legend Pele at the age of 82, and United’s Brazilian international wing Anthony raised his shirt to show a personal message to the former three-time world champion.
