Due to Christian Eriksen’s chronic injury and Casemiro’s three-match suspension, there have been questions over Man Utd’s midfield. Erik ten Hag, the coach of the team that recently defeated Leeds United, paired rookie Marcel Sabitzer in the middle of midfield with Fred.
Due to the difficulty of playing Leeds United and the fact that Sabitzer is still playing in his first Premier League games, attention is focused on the Austrian star.
Sabitzer had an excellent performance.
However, Sabitzer still knows how to do the assigned task well. Throughout 90 minutes of being on the field, the 28-year-old midfielder possesses a passing accuracy rate of about 87%. More importantly, all the passes into the last final third of the field from Sabitzer went to the right address (9/9) .
In his defensive efforts, the former Leipzig star also showed efficiency with 5/7 winning hand-to-hand disputes, launching 4 accurate tackles , 2 recovering the ball and making 1 save. save David de Gea’s goal.
It was Sabitzer who also launched the correct pass to Luke Shaw’s position, before the English star crossed the ball to help Rashford score.
‘Rashford is one of the best strikers in Europe’
Following the victory over Leeds United, coach Erik ten Hag said some interesting things about Marcus Rashford.
From the start of the season, Marcus Rashford has displayed good performance. On February 12 in front of Leeds United, Rashford once more found motivation.
The English attacker makes his opponents’ lives difficult by moving deftly and being elusive. Rashford scored the game’s first goal to assist Manchester United overcome Leeds United’s strong defense.
According to statistics, Rashford has scored 71 Premier League goals, surpassing the famous Eric Cantona’s total of 70 goals while wearing the jerseys of Manchester United and Leeds United.
Rashford has continuously scored since the World Cup
In addition, Rashford also scored 8 goals since the World Cup, no player in the Premier League has a better record.
Witnessing Rashford’s еxplosion, coach Erik ten Hag affirmed: “Rashford is one of the best strikers in Europe. He has skills.
I was convinced from the first moment, I’m really excited to work with him, I think I can get more out of him.
Rashford has a lot of skill and potential and possibly even more. When Rashford works hard, he will score more goals. Rashford can score with left, right and head.”
Broadly across all competitions, Rashford has 21 goals for Man Utd this season. He is only one goal away from the best scoring season of his career (2019/20). With the current form, it is likely that Rashford will break his own record.
Michael Owen is confident about Man Utd’s chance to catch up with Arsenal
After beating Leeds 2-0 on Sunday, Michael Owen believes Manchester United is capable of catching up to Arsenal.
Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho each scored twice in the final ten minutes at Elland Road to enable Erik ten Hag’s team earn all three points and put heavy pressure on Arsenal and Man City.
Man United are on the right track thanks to Ten Hag.
And Owen believes that Man United are firmly in the title race, especially when Arsenal have to face Man City twice in the remainder of the season.
Asked if the Red Devils were considered title contenders, Owen said: “Certainly. If Man City and Arsenal play like they did a few months ago, then I would say it’s a two-horse race. But both are stumbling.
Arsenal only won 1 point from the maximum of 6 points. Man City, I can’t see them continuing the great streak they’ve had in recent years. They also had to fιght each other twice. You have to include Man United, they finished 2nd in the Premier League (before Man City bеat Aston Villa). If you include Man City, you have to include Man United. There’s a lot of exciting things ahead.”