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Manchester United’s confidence on the rise, says Rashford
LONDON, Oct 31, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Three successive away wins have done
wonders for Manchester United’s confidence following a difficult patch,
according to striker Marcus Rashford.
Rashford celebrated his 22nd birthday a day early in some style on
Wednesday scoring both United’s goals as they beat Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford
Bridge to progress to the League Cup quarter-finals.
His second goal, a swerving 30-yard free-kick, was labelled by manager Ole
Gunnar Solskjaer as “Cristiano (Ronaldo)-like” though Rashford preferred to
see it as an important boost to team morale following away wins at Partizan
Belgrade and their first in the Premier League in eight months last Sunday at
Norwich.
Solskjaer had been under pressure after United made their worst start to a
league season in 33 years, but Rashford hopes the team have now turned the
corner since becoming the first side to take points off leaders Liverpool a
fortnight ago with a 1-1 draw.
“If you get a couple of wins back-to-back early on in the season it can
change the direction the season is going,” Rashford told Sky Sports.
“Because mentally, for a team like Man United, when you’re winning back-
to-back games, the team’s confidence levels go up.
“So, if we can keep doing this and keep it up in the league, we take it
game by game and go back up the table.”
United’s next challenge is a fourth successive away trip, this time in the
Premier League to Bournemouth, who are level on points with them, on
Saturday.
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