{"id":301339,"date":"2023-12-03T22:24:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T22:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301339"},"modified":"2023-12-03T22:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T22:24:40","slug":"marcus-rashford-compared-to-man-utd-flop-scoring-once-every-14-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/marcus-rashford-compared-to-man-utd-flop-scoring-once-every-14-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Rashford compared to Man Utd flop scoring ‘once every 14 years’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jamie Carragher has brutally compared Marcus Rashford to underperforming Manchester United team-mate Anthony Martial, who Red Devils legend Roy Keane has quipped \u2018scores one goal every 14 years\u2019. Carragher believes that Rashford\u2019s approach to recent matches is akin to the often languid Martial.<\/p>\n

Rashford has struggled to replicate his incredible form from last season, in which he struck 30 goals across all competitions. The 26-year-old has scored only twice in 18 appearances this season.<\/p>\n

His performances have been widely criticised and Erik ten Hag said after Saturday\u2019s 1-0 defeat by Newcastle that he will speak with the forward about his display. But in a scathing takedown, Carragher fears Rashford is beginning to play like Martial.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching Marcus Rashford, it was an unacceptable performance, for a few reasons. None of the players came out with any credit, but that lad didn\u2019t play midweek [in the Champions League], so there isn\u2019t any mitigating reason why he hasn\u2019t been 100 per cent,\u201d Carragher told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been a local player and it isn\u2019t easy, especially when your team is not doing well. When it\u2019s not going well, it\u2019s your job to fix it and you\u2019ve got to drag those around you.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m watching Marcus Rashford and he reminds me of Martial. And that\u2019s the worst possible thing you can probably say about him. A foreign player who comes in, hasn\u2019t done the business, doesn\u2019t care – and that\u2019s a fact with Martial. Marcus Rashford is now looking like Anthony Martial.<\/p>\n

“As a local player, it\u2019s your job to drag those other players up. If your confidence is down, you\u2019re not scoring goals, or you\u2019re not getting assists, no problem. But you do not stop running for that badge, that shirt and those supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n

To reinforce the point, fellow pundit Keane joked that Martial scores \u2018one goal every 14 years\u2019 and urged the Frenchman to drop into the Championship. The 27-year-old has scored only 12 Premier League goals since the start of the 2020-21 season.<\/p>\n

Speaking about Rashford, Keane said: \u201cHe\u2019s a local lad, he\u2019s got the mega deal and that is all well and good. I need a bit more – you run forward but you have to run back. Cover yards. He\u2019s 26 now, he\u2019s not a child anymore.<\/p>\n