Marcus Rashford just keeps on scoring. The Manchester United forward kept up his remarkable run of form with two goals in their 3-0 victory over Leicester City on Sunday afternoon.
There’s a strong argument that Rashford is the best player in the world on current form, especially when you look at the mindblowing numbers behind his performances.
With Rashford in this kind of form, might United actually be viable candidates for the Premier League title? The latest victory takes Erik ten Hag’s side to within five points of league leaders Arsenal.
“It was a good goal, once again a great pass from Bruno [Fernandes], great goal from Rashy [Marcus Rashford] and then we are 1-0 up. The second half was all us and Bruno Fernandes played a magnificent game,” Ten Hag told BBC Sport.
“The team is putting Rashford in the right positions, especially Bruno, he creates how many passes, he gives behind, he crosses in. Not only Bruno but I think he is doing a great job.
“We need all players in form but we have to follow the principles of our way of play and if we do that, we can play very well and we have seen that in the second half.”
Rashford has looked unstoppable during this run of late. The 25-year-old looked lost at times last season as United toiled to their lowest points tally of the Premier League era, but he looks like a player reborn following the mid-season departure of Cristiano Ronaldo.
“Overall a good day. They created good opportunities and David made a great save at the end of the first half, without that we can’t go on to win the game,” Rashford told Sky Sports following his latest show-stealing display.
“It’s still early in the season, we’re fighting for a lot of different things and we have another big game in the week to hopefully go through to the next round of the Europa League and then a massive game for us [against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final].
“I don’t feel like slowing down and always want to improve.”
Here are 10 stats that sum up quite how brilliant Rashford has been of late:
– Rashford has scored 16 goals in 17 appearances in all competitions since the World Cup.
– That’s seven more than any other player in Europe’s major leagues since the World Cup. To put it in context, Chelsea have only scored six goals in total over the same period. Graham Potter’s Blues have scored half as many Premier League goals (four) as Rashford (eight) since the season resumed in December.
– PSG’s front three of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar have scored one fewer goal between them since the World Cup.
– He also has four assists over the same period.
– Rashford averages a goal every 79 minutes and a goal or assist every 63 minutes since the World Cup.
– This is already Rashford’s best-ever goalscoring season (24 goals in all competitions) for Manchester United and it’s only February.
– He’s scored almost five times as many goals as he managed in the entirety of the 2021-22 campaign (five).
– United’s No.10 has only failed to score or assist in two of his 17 appearances since the World Cup.
– The 25-year-old has scored in his last seven Premier League appearances at Old Trafford.
– Only Wayne Rooney (eight games – December 2009 to March 2010) and Cristiano Ronaldo (10 games – March to November 2008) have gone on longer goalscoring runs in the Premier League at Old Trafford.
SOURCE: planetfootball
