FANS hailed Marcus Rashford’s Premier League debut for Aston Villa – and reckon Manchester United might have been the problem.
Rashford, 27, joined Villa on loan during the January transfer window.
That came after the £325,000-a-week forward was exiled by United boss Ruben Amorim.
The Portuguese gaffer publicly slammed Rashford – even claiming he would rather play his 63-year-old goalkeeping coach ahead of the England international.
But now Rashford is away from Amorim and toxic United, he looks ready to thrive once again and wasted no time in showing what he can do.
And if his Villa performance on Saturday is anything to go by, the egg may well be left on Amorim’s face instead.
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Rashford played the final 24 minutes in the FA Cup win over Tottenham on his Villa debut.
But his first bow for his new side in the Premier League came as Villa drew 1-1 with ten-man Ipswich.
Rashford replaced Jacob Ramsey at half-time and midway through the second half he was involved in Villa’s equaliser.
The striker’s epic free-kick crashed back off the woodwork and Ollie Watkins scored the rebound.
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Elsewhere, there was plenty of bright play from Rashford as he proved a constant threat with his direct running, dangerous forward play, linking up with his new team-mates effectively and even helping out defensively in his first Prem match for 70 days.
And fans on social media were quick to laud the 60-cap Three Lions ace.
One said: “Look at Rashford man. Utd let him down, nothing else. The environment is massive. Every bit of abuse from fans plays a massive part. Open your eyes.”
Another wrote: “Rashford looks good…… Amorim, you really froze him out instead of utilising him until the end of the season.”
A third added: “Rashford is looking good, out to prove Amorim wrong.”
A fourth typed: “Marcus Rashford has been brilliant so far.”
A fifth commented: “What did Amorim say he is bad at?”
A sixth replied: “We loaned our best player Rashford to Villa when Amorim could have lowered his ego and worked with him?”
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And a final user posted: “Rashford tracking back!!”
Despite Rashford’s impact, though, Villa had to settle for a point against the relegation-threatened Tractor Boys.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
