MARCUS RASHFORD was forced off in Manchester United’s game against Everton after appearing to pick up an injury.
The 25-year-old in form forward walked off gingerly with ten minutes of the match left to play.
Rashford headed straight down the tunnel after coming off, handing his match worn short to a young fan as he did so.
The injury appeared to occur when the forward stretched out for a high ball.
He was then seen appearing to hold his groin.
Rashford was replaced by Wout Weghorst for the final ten minutes of the match.
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Erik ten Hag will be left sweating on Rashford’s fitness – especially after the forward scored the opening goal and provided the assist for the second in the 2-0 win over Everton.
Rashford is United’s top scorer this season, with Saturday’s strike his 28th of the campaign.
And it would be a major blow if the forward was to be ruled out with injury – especially with a Europa League quarter-final and FA Cup semi-final on the horizon.
Speaking after the game, Ten Hag blasted the schedule as the reason for Rashford’s injury.
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Saturday’s win over Everton was a third game in six days for United.
And Ten Hag told BT Sport on his forward: “We have to wait, it doesn’t look well.
“Once again that is due to the schedule. It can’t be that you play three games in six days.
“We have to protect our players. Everyone wants the best players on the pitch. Everyone wants to see great, entertaining football like today. But then you need your best players.”
Ten Hag opted to leave Rashford on the pitch, despite United leading the game 2-0.
Speaking on the decision not to sub him off early, Ten Hag said: “I have that consideration, fair question.
“But in that moment you want also Anthony Martial, just coming back, you want to bring him back in routines, togetherness.
“It is developing the team, working on cooperations, you want to see them together to bring them together for routines that will give us benefits for coming games.
“When they are together then we have two goalscoring players, clinical players who can finish games.
“That is what you need in the final stage of the season to be successful, and the other thing is there was no indication at all, any complaints in the last days or in this game I would have taken him off.”
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Meanwhile, United legend Paul Scholes said on Rashford: “He’s been brilliant for us this season, you never quite know with Marcus, he does tend to go down quite a bit with injuries then all of a sudden pops up and makes a miraculous recovery.
“I’m just hoping it’s maybe a little bit of fatigue or a little bit of cramp.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
