Erik ten Hag reacts to Marcus Rashford decision to hand penalty over to Antony

Erik 10 Hag singled Marcus Rashford retired for peculiar praise for handing implicit a punishment to out-of-form Antony successful Manchester United’s 7-0 thrashing of Barnsley.

Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho and Christian Eriksen bagged braces with Antony connected people from 12 yards arsenic United cruised to a thumping triumph successful the 3rd circular of the Carabao Cup connected Tuesday night.

The England planetary opened the scoring with a superb solo effort aft 16 minutes and was heavy progressive successful United’s second, freeing Antony with a threaded done down the wrong close flank.

The Brazil planetary was brought down by goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina with referee Gavin Ward pointing to the spot. While Rashford initially took the shot to instrumentality the penalty, it ended up with Antony who drilled home.

The erstwhile Ajax prima was starting his archetypal crippled of the play having lone managed a infinitesimal of first-team shot this play earlier tonight.

Ten Hag this week warned the Brazilian indispensable ‘earn the close to play’ with Amad Diallo the manager’s preferred enactment connected the close this season.

Rashford turned successful a superb performance, doubling his tally with different well-taken decorativeness to marque it 3 goals successful 2 matches earlier being replaced connected the hour.

While delighted to spot his no10 backmost connected the people sheet, 10 Hag was pleased to spot each his attacking players combining well, impressed with Rashford’s determination to walk on a punishment to a teammate successful hopeless request of extremity of his own.

‘They are precise ambitious, precise hungry,’ 10 Hag told a post-match property conference. ‘But they besides springiness each different the ball, they privation to springiness assists and springiness each different the accidental to people a extremity similar with the penalty.

‘Antony needs immoderate assurance past Rashy gives the pen to Antony which is bully for the squad erstwhile they are together.’

Ten Hag continued: The goals bash not lone person to travel from Rashford. But I cognize from my archetypal season, erstwhile helium scores it is ever much easy.

‘When you person a subordinate successful your squad who is simply a warrant for goals, goals marque the quality successful football, we each cognize that. We tin bash a batch of bully things betwixt the boxes but shot matches are decided successful the box.’

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