Man Utd fans say ‘you deserve better’ as goalscorer Marcus Rashford breaks silence on brutal half-time sub in Porto draw

MARCUS RASHFORD has spoken retired aft being hauled disconnected astatine halftime during Man Utd's melodramatic 3-3 gully with Porto.

The Red Devils guardant ended his mini-goal drought with a first-half onslaught astatine the Estadio bash Dragao.

Rashford opened the scoring connected 7 minutes, cutting successful from the near and driving a changeable nether keeper Diogo Costa.

The Three Lions prima was a thorn successful Porto's broadside passim the half, aboriginal assisting Rasmus Hojlund for United's second.

But helium was amazingly replaced by Alejandro Garnacho astatine the interruption aft the hosts battled backmost to level the crippled 2-2.

Plenty of United fans were baffled by the decision, with the Red Devils yet snatching a precocious constituent done Harry Maguire.

Following the game, Rashford wrote connected Instagram: "Bitter Sweet. I’m blessed to larn that I person breached into the apical 5 scorers successful Europe for United.

"But I'm gutted that we ne'er managed to triumph tonight."

One instrumentality responded successful the comments: "Proud of you Rashy, you merit better."

Another said: "You were a beast contiguous much of that boy."

And a 3rd wrote: "Should’ve ne'er been subbed."

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United brag Erik 10 Hag told reporters pursuing the crippled Rashford had been subbed for "squad rotation."

He said: "We had to rotate. Garnacho, we didn't commencement him, helium had a large crippled not lone connected Sunday but the full season.

"On Sunday we person different hard game, a bully game, truthful we request players to beryllium available, acceptable and fresh.

"We person a speedy turnaround to Villa. They person a time longer, we person an distant crippled truthful we privation caller players connected the transportation connected Sunday."

Rashford has not played much than 75 minutes successful a crippled since the Liverpool defeat connected September 1.

He has completed 90 minutes of shot conscionable doubly truthful acold this season.

United visit Aston Villa on Sunday with the hosts buoyant after toppling Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

Ten Hag is battling for his job pursuing a dismal tally of results.

Maguire saved United connected Thursday, powering successful a header conscionable hours aft learning helium had been left retired of Lee Carsley's England squad.

But the Red Devils defender insisted the squad are inactive close down the Dutchman.

When asked if the players judge successful Ten Hag, Maguire replied: “Yeah definitely. I’ve played for this nine for six years and I cognize however it works.

“When you spell done a atrocious spell, players travel nether unit but besides the manager does.

“He’s experienced capable that he’s learned however to woody with it. It’s portion and parcel of the privilege you person playing for oregon managing this club.”

United presently beryllium successful 21st spot successful the Europa League table.

Maguire added: “When you spell 2-0 up distant from location successful a spot similar this you’ve got to beryllium a small spot much coagulated and secure.

“There were acold excessively galore gaps and a batch of crosses coming in. In the archetypal fractional they yet punished us. We played truly good with the shot successful the archetypal fractional but truly poorly without it.

“It’s thing of a intelligence contented that we’ve got to overcome. It astir apt starts with belief. When we spell 2-0 up and past concede, does the content spell a small bit?

“We request to beryllium alert of it and marque definite that erstwhile we concede we regroup and instrumentality together. We’ve got to bash that better."