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Marcus Rashford ended his 189-day Premier League goal drought this afternoon against Southampton.
He scored the second goal for Manchester United in a dominant 3-0 win away from home.
Rashford has created the most big chances for United this season (3), but it took him until today to register his first shot of the season.
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The forward recently expressed that he has been targetted by the media for his performances, but responded in the best way he could today.
Prior to the game, a young United fan named Grayson uploaded a video on social media expressing his support for him.
Rashford responded to the wholesome video by promising that his next goal would be dedicated to the 10-year-old fan.
After scoring today, Rashford followed up on his promise by recognising Grayson’s support in an Instagram post.
The post read, “Three points.
“First goal of the season.
“Smiles for me and Grayson.”
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When asked about Rashford’s goal, Erik ten Hag recapitulated his belief in the winger.
“This season so far, he’s playing very well and he deserved that goal but you have to work for it.
“And that is what he’s doing at the moment.”
Ten Hag recently responded to Alan Shearer, in defence of Rashford, and today showed again that he is keen to fend off criticism against his star man.
He believes that after Rashford netted his first goal of the season, more goals will come.
“Once the first is in, more is coming.
“Once a striker was talking about a ketchup bottle, once it’s going, it’s coming more.”
Ten Hag will hope that he can once again get the most out of Rashford, who had his best season under the Dutchman, scoring 30 goals.
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