Do Man United expect too much from Rashford?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by Manchester United writers Andy Mitten and Mark Critchley to explore Marcus Rashford's 'streaky' goalscoring form and the weight of expectation on him at Man United...
How does Erik ten Hag get Rashford back to his best, and could the budding partnership with new striker Rasmus Hojlund be the key?
And after one-time United winger Wilfried Zaha returned to haunt them in the Champions League on Tuesday - why didn't it work out for him at Old Trafford?
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:08.3 | With four defeats in the opening seven games, |
| 0:11.1 | Manchester United have endured their worst start to a Premier League campaign in 34 years. |
| 0:16.6 | There it is. It is a memorable victory for Crystal Palace. |
| 0:27.2 | Booze ring around Old Trafford. Last night in the Champions League, things went from bad to worse. Manchester United 2, Galatasarai 3. Unbelievable scenes in the Champions League. |
| 0:33.1 | Marcus Rastford's work rate and-making has been questioned in recent weeks. |
| 0:38.0 | The forward looks devoid of confidence and a shadow of the player who scored 30 goals last season. |
| 0:44.7 | So can United get Rashford back to his best? |
| 0:47.5 | And do they expect too much from him? |
| 0:50.4 | I'm Ayahuakim Wolleary. Welcome to the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 0:55.6 | He's Erickson. Slips on Football podcast. That's fantastic. Marcus Rashford's in. Grudeau Fernandez up with him. Rushford tries to find |
| 1:02.9 | him. He has to shoot short. Dori defends him. The crowd goes mad. |
| 1:07.7 | That's up to Marcus in such moment. |
| 1:11.0 | And he has to make the other decision and he has the capabilities to do the right thing. |
| 1:18.6 | All right. |
| 1:19.1 | Let's get straight into this one. |
| 1:20.3 | Joining me are the Athletics, Mark Critchley and also Andy Mitton as well. |
| 1:24.4 | Data writer Mark Carey has been crunching the numbers for us too, |
| 1:27.9 | so we'll catch up with him a little later on. |
| 1:30.7 | Andy, I looked at your socials. |
| 1:32.4 | I know you were at that match. |
| 1:34.0 | Let's talk about, I guess, a moment that was quite decisive, really, |
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