Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has “unimaginable” skills and may spend “hour after hour” watching DVD highlights of his finest performances, Lee Sharpe believes as his former aspect goal back-to-back league wins for the primary time this season.
Former England worldwide Rashford scored his first aim of the season as United received 3-0 at Southampton final Saturday to get well from defeats to Brighton & Hove Albion and Liverpool with their first away victory of the marketing campaign.
“He’s some of the thrilling skills within the league when he’s in full stream and we’ve missed that – we’ve not seen sufficient of that,” says Sharpe, chatting with 101GreatGoals on behalf of NewBettingSites.uk.
“We noticed flashes of it on Saturday and I hope that provides him the boldness to copy it as a result of I really like watching him play when he’s in full stream.”
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Rashford ‘is usually a menace’
“He’s been combating confidence of late so the aim will do him the world of excellent,” feels Sharpe. “The additional work he’s performed throughout the worldwide break has served him nicely.
“Hopefully he’ll really feel like he deserves to play nicely, now that he’s put within the further work. Marcus Rashford is an unbelievable participant: he will get individuals off seats, creates targets, scores targets.
“In the meanwhile, he appears to be stopping, considering and making an attempt to plan an excessive amount of of what he’s going to do, moderately than permitting it to occur.
“You hear it in golf: ‘get out of you personal manner’ and cease considering a lot. I might simply have him watching DVDs of himself two years go, hour after hour.
“Simply hold watching it on repeat continuously to see precisely how good he will be and what a menace he will be when he simply goes for issues.”
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‘Simply knock it’ – ex-United star Sharpe
Sharpe, who received the Premier League 3 times amongst seven main trophies beneath Sir Alex Ferguson between 1991 and 1996, has simple steering for considered one of his successors as a vastly fashionable presence on the flanks at Outdated Trafford.
“Often, when it’s insecurity, you’re simply over-thinking issues,” reckons Sharpe. “My solely recommendation to Rashford can be as quickly as he will get the ball, simply knock it 20 yards and race after it.
“Simply declare intent, give the full-back one thing to consider. If the full-back knocks it out for a throw-in, you’re 20 or 30 yards additional up the pitch, the gang are up, the entire crew are up the pitch and also you’re nearer to aim.
“When he’s instinctive, his steadiness, tempo and agility are unimaginable. Regardless of the defender’s going to do – whether or not he’s going to attempt to slide in, barge him, race him – Rashford instinctively is aware of what to do.”
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Rashford’s highlights reel would come with lots of the 30 targets and 11 assists he contributed to United’s first yr beneath Ten Hag in 2022-23, however the 26-year-old’s hunch in kind got here beneath intense scrutiny final season, scoring eight targets and establishing six in 43 video games as United completed of their lowest place for 34 years.
“It’s a tricky watch if you see Rashford struggling and passing the ball backwards or 5 yards inside,” says Sharpe. “He’s received unbelievable ft and unbelievable tempo.
“Any full-back who squares up in opposition to him should be terrified. He hasn’t been going at individuals and giving them an issue.”
Manchester United vs Palace
United are already 4 factors behind the early high 4, following up a nervy 1-0 residence win over Fulham with a last-gasp defeat on the Amex Stadium and a 3-0 hammering by the Reds at Outdated Trafford earlier than the worldwide break.
Palace, who’re but to win, can take confidence from their 4-0 stroll within the penultimate away recreation of Ten Hag’s second season in Could.
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“Everybody was anticipating much more initially of this season,” displays Sharpe. “After two years in cost, everybody’s gone on about consistency, model of play and philosophy.
“Together with his personal crew, with extra purchases, individuals anticipated extra. Possibly there’s been somewhat little bit of over-expectancy as a result of we’re 4 video games into the season.
“He’s had new lads who haven’t had too many minutes and some extra accidents as nicely. I’m hoping that Southampton kicks them on. Liverpool was somewhat little bit of an exaggerated downer, if you happen to like, as a result of they performed OK in components.
“They appeared as if that they had extra gears to enter and particular person errors price them the sport. They created some actually good possibilities and will have had a few targets themselves.
“They only couldn’t put them away. It may have been a special story. Hopefully, Southampton’s contemporary of their minds they usually can construct on the boldness and positivity and be boosted by that.
“It was the way in which they put Southampton beneath stress, had been scientific in entrance of aim and Rashford was much more constructive.
“I hold saying we’re solely 4 video games in and we’re not going to see the completed article but. However it’s getting there.”
