Erik ten Hag furiously hits back at Jamie Redknapp over 'crazy' Marcus Rashford claim

Erik 10 Hag was annoyed by Jamie Redknapp's proposition that a falling retired betwixt the Manchester United manager and Marcus Rashford was down his benching astatine Crystal Palace

Erik 10 Hag has deed retired astatine Jamie Redknapp for suggesting that thing "untoward" had gone connected betwixt the Manchester United manager and Marcus Rashford.

Rashford was near connected the bench for United's Premier League lucifer against Crystal Palace connected Saturday evening, contempt scoring 3 goals successful his past 2 games against Southampton and Barnsley. Ten Hag decided to prime Alejandro Garnacho to commencement connected the near helping and claimed the determination was simply down to rotation and keeping his players fresh.

But successful his punditry relation for Sky Sports, erstwhile Liverpool midfielder Redknapp formed uncertainty connected that reason. "It feels similar thing has gone untoward," helium said. "I don't cognize the details. But you don't driblet a subordinate that has scored 2 successful midweek and against Southampton.

"I'd beryllium tense to accidental helium is backmost but helium is showing signs of the Rashford from 2 years ago. It feels similar something's happened possibly this week, I don't cognize the manager's frustration. It is antithetic for a manager to retired players for their lifestyle."

Garnacho failed to instrumentality his chances arsenic United were frustrated successful a 0-0 gully astatine Palace arsenic Rashford was summoned from the seat successful the 61st minute. Ten Hag had intelligibly been informed of Redknapp's words earlier entering his property league - and helium was keen to rubbish the rumours.

Asked wherefore helium near Rashford connected the bench, Ten Hag replied: "I heard already speculation from immoderate pundits - that's crazy. I would astir accidental arsenic a idiosyncratic you are not OK erstwhile you bring specified speculation if you don't cognize what's up. This is conscionable rotation.

"And we person galore games to screen and we tin lone commencement 11 players, but we person to springiness each the players - if they execute - the chances and finally, of course, we volition find retired the players who execute amended and they volition play more.

"But this, it had thing to bash [with this]... I'm precise blessed with Marcus, with everything - defending, offensive, helium scores successful this infinitesimal and performs precise good. So it was thing to bash with wherefore helium was connected the bench, conscionable rotation."

When pressed, helium added: "I person to accidental Amad is playing precise good, Garnacho astir each the games truthful far, possibly isolated from Liverpool, helium has extremity product, truthful besides we person to play them arsenic well."

United were overmuch the amended broadside successful the archetypal half, but Dean Henderson kept Palace successful the lucifer with awesome saves from Garnacho, Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martinez. But the distant broadside should person taken the pb erstwhile Garnacho rattled the crossbar erstwhile cleanable done and Bruno Fernandes repeated the instrumentality from the rebound.

Palace were overmuch improved aft the interruption and should person scored erstwhile substitute Ismaila Sarr acceptable up Eberechi Eze, lone for the England prima to enactment his effort wide from a cut-back. Andre Onana past made a stunning treble prevention to support retired Eddie Nketiah and Sarr successful speedy succession.

“Football sometimes, you can’t power everything,” Onana told Sky Sports. “We were coming in, we had much chances and I had religion ever successful my guys. Today, we deed the crossbar doubly and hopefully successful the coming games, we volition people a lot.

"I deliberation we were amended than them, I deliberation we were mode amended than them. We had much chances than them. We had the champion chances during the game. Of course, they are a precise bully team, but we were mode amended than them."

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