Erik ten Hag channels Cristiano Ronaldo with Marcus Rashford advice

Erik 10 Hag borrowed a operation from Cristiano Ronaldo arsenic helium predicted a good tally of signifier for Marcus Rashford to come.

Rashford scored his archetypal extremity of the play successful the Red Devils’ 3-0 triumph astatine Southampton connected Saturday, ending a lengthy drought for the striker.

The 26-year-old had not antecedently scored since March erstwhile helium netted successful the FA Cup triumph implicit Liverpool, but Ten Hag does not expect specified a agelong hold for different extremity now.

The Dutchman pinched a saying from Ronaldo, contempt their sketchy relationship, arsenic helium predicted much goals from Rashford arsenic helium has present got the archetypal driblet retired of the ketchup bottle.

‘It’s precise important,’ Ten Hag told TNT Sports. ‘For each striker, they privation to beryllium connected the scoring list. Once the archetypal is in, much is coming.

‘Once a striker was talking astir a ketchup bottle, erstwhile it’s going, it’s coming more.’

Ronaldo’s ketchup operation was revealed by his Portugal teammate Diogo Jota past year, with the Liverpool guardant saying the proposal stuck with him.

‘I cognize that shot is simply a crippled that tin alteration precise rapidly and I erstwhile heard a communicative and Ronaldo surely wasn’t 30 games [without scoring], but helium had a fig of games without scoring and radical were asking him,’ Jota said.

‘He was saying that it’s astir similar ketchup. When the archetypal driblet comes out, everything comes retired truthful hopefully that’s the lawsuit for maine arsenic well.

‘That’s 1 of the sentences Ronaldo said and it truly stuck successful my caput each these years. I deliberation shot is unpredictable, and these are the things we similar successful this shot game. Things tin alteration precise quick.’

Ronaldo and Ten Hag exchanged words successful the media this week, with the Portuguese icon criticising his erstwhile manager astatine Old Trafford.

‘Manchester, they request to rebuild everything, successful my opinion. The coach, they accidental they cannot vie to triumph the League and Champions League,’ helium said successful speech with Rio Ferdinand connected his YouTube channel.

‘Manchester United coach, you cannot accidental that you’re not going to combat to triumph the League oregon Champions League. You person to be, to mentally say, listen, possibly we don’t person that potential, but I cannot accidental that. We’re going to try. You person to try.’

Ten Hag responded successful a property league up of the Southampton game, saying: ‘He said Manchester United can’t triumph the Premier League. He said it if you work it well.

‘He is acold distant successful Saudi [Arabia], acold distant from Manchester. Everyone tin person and is entitled to person an opinion, it is okay. [It] doesn’t interaction me, I cognize successful the process wherever we are, wherever we’re going.’

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