Erik ten Hag believes that Marcus Rashford is returning to his finest kind after taking management of his “life-style”.
Rashford struggled for kind final season, netting simply seven targets within the Premier League as Manchester United limped to an eighth-place end – their worst end result within the competitors’s historical past.
He was additionally dropped for United’s FA Cup fourth-round tie towards Newport County in January as a disciplinary measure after going to Belfast with out permission.
That adopted a stellar marketing campaign in Ten Hag’s first season in cost, wherein he scored 30 targets in all competitions in 2022-23.
Nonetheless, Ten Hag believes that Rashford has made obligatory modifications, and expects extra optimistic outcomes to come back from it.
“I feel he’s on the best way again,” mentioned Ten Hag.
“He at all times knew, and each participant is aware of, when your life-style will not be proper, you may’t carry out. You don’t get the appropriate ranges whenever you don’t have and disciplined life away from [United’s training ground] Carrington.
“He wanted some assist, by backing him, for example. However he has to do it himself, on the finish of the day.
“He has to set his life proper, his coaching angle proper, he has to set his match angle proper. When he units his professionalism, he’ll carry out as a result of he’s a category participant.”
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Rashford made a gradual begin to the marketing campaign, failing to have a shot in United’s first three Premier League video games, however netted his first aim of the season towards Southampton in a 3-0 win final weekend.
In midweek, he then netted a brace and registered an help because the Crimson Devils thrashed Barnsley 7-0 within the EFL Cup third spherical.
“Each participant within the Premier League, on this membership, is aware of you want resilience,” Ten Hag added.
“Not any soccer profession has solely ups, it additionally has downs. You must take care of that. Rashford is skilled, he is aware of this.
“He is aware of when there are setbacks, the right way to combat again and set his profession and efficiency. He took management of that, he’s on the best way again. He began the season very properly, now he has to proceed and progress.
“It’s superb when your strikers begin to rating early within the season, they want that perception. Now we now have a few gamers who’ve been scoring, and it’s good for the staff.”