“Go——o——o——al！ The goal is in, it's Marcus Rashford! West Brom have been very successful defensively against Marcus Rashford since the start of the game, and they have frozen the superstar who has been impressive in the previous games by heavily deploying them and cutting them off from his team-mates. However, when Marcus Rashford switched positions with Anthony Martial and moved to the wing, West Brom relaxed their marking on him, and I think the West Brom players thought it would be all right. But that's not the case, Rashford told West Brom players that he can score goals on the wings too! ”

"Marcus Rashford! Marcus Rashford! This time on the wing, Rashford showed a super breakthrough ability, and after he was silent for half an hour, he used a wonderful breakthrough goal to tell everyone that he is still the focus of the pitch! ”

'West Brom was careless, they thought there was no threat if they forced Rashford to the wing, but Rashford showed superhuman breakthrough ability and speed, he took the ball from midfield, burst into the box before the West Brom players closed the goal, and faked a pass to deceive the defenders and hit the ball into the corner!

"In the first three games, Rashford has been active in the penalty area, and has shown a strong ability to grab points and head the ball, making people think that he is a point-grabbing striker, but I didn't expect him to give everyone a big surprise in this game, his breakthrough ability to dribble is also so good, he is simply omnipotent!"

'It's a very smart kid and I noticed that in the first 20 minutes he was in the box and after being restrained by West Bromwich Albion, he took the initiative to switch positions with Anthony Martial. Then, as West Brom relaxed his defence, he scored with a brilliant breakaway to tell West Brom that it was impossible to keep him from scoring! ”

"Although Rashford has good ability to grab points and head the ball in the penalty area, he is only an eighteen-year-old after all, and his physical confrontation is still a little worse. If his breakthrough ability and dribbling ability are good, pulling to the wing is also a good option, and Van Gaal can think about it in future games! ”

"What are our defenders doing? How can you relax your defense against this kid? Aren't the lessons of Arsenal and Watford bad enough? Shit！ ”

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The major media commentators in the commentary area praised Rashford in a variety of words. Of course, there are also local West Brom media who are very unhappy with the West Brom players relaxing their defence against Marcus Rashford.

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After the game restarted, Rashford was really targeted again, in addition to defender Craig Dawson, midfielder Fletcher and forward defender Belasino were also called to help Rashford.

This is when it comes to defensiveness, though. Because the team is behind now, West Brom can't afford to stick to it like they used to because it's on their home turf.

When it's still a draw on the pitch, they can hold on to a draw because the fans are happy that the team can hold on to a big club like Manchester United. But if you blindly stick to it after falling behind, then the fans will rebel. They will only think that the team is not enterprising, and it is better to win than lose.

Therefore, after West Brom fell behind, they set off several waves of offensives, and the scene suddenly became open.

It's just that West Bromwich Albion's attacking ability is really average, otherwise they wouldn't be in the middle of the 13th. So, while their offensive looked fierce, it didn't pose much of a threat.

This also has to do with Manchester United taking the lead and the players having the confidence to defend with West Bromwich Albion. Although United have conceded a lot of goals this season, it is not easy for them to break down their goals when they really hold the fence.

Of course, it is West Brom who is in the middle of the 13th place, so they don't have to worry about the team being relegated, so they also have the capital to fight Manchester United to attack.

Therefore, after Rashford broke the balance of the field with a goal, West Bromwich Albion's offensive once suppressed Manchester United on the field, and Manchester United's possession rate fell from nearly 80% before to a little more than 60% now.

Although Manchester United looked passive for the remaining ten minutes of the first half, they did not concede a goal and maintained a 1-0 advantage until the end of the first half.

After a minute of stoppage time, referee Mike Dean blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

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At halftime, various commentators were summarizing the gains and losses of the two teams in the first half.

Overall, West Bromwich Albion's strategy of focusing on Marcus Rashford was a success, as they were solid defensively for more than half an hour, apart from a dozen minutes of relaxation in the middle that led to a goal conceded.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the sluggish form of the rest of United's players.

Anthony Martial had at least three good chances in the first half, but he either fired an anti-aircraft gun or went wide. The only shot on target was flimsy and unthreatening to Ben Foster's goal.

Juan Mata was lively and clever in his movement before he was booked, and found space in the box after two cuts, but unfortunately his team-mate's passes were not on target and did not pose much of a threat.

As for the yellow card, he also fell silent.

It's not just the commentators who are analyzing, the managers of both teams are doing the same thing. Pulis affirmed the strategy of focusing on Marcus Rashford, demanding that his players continue to execute in the second half and not give him a chance to shoot.

On Manchester United's side, Van Gaal did not say anything about the players' private changes on the field. However, he still demanded that Mata and Jesse Lingard be replaced, and let Mata organise the team's attack.

Although Lingard was active in midfield, his organisational skills and passing were too poor to take on the task of being the heart of the organisation.

However, with Juan Mata carrying a yellow card, Van Gaal has also considered the issue, and he has asked Lingard and Herrera to get close to Mata aggressively to relieve him of the pressure.

For Marcus Rashford, Louis van Gaal asked him to increase his movement and break through in the second half, and to hit the back of the net if he had the chance, as not having the chance to open up West Bromwich Albion's defence and create chances elsewhere.

Naturally, Rashford has no problem with this. He can see that in this game, West Brom is determined to stare at him, because of a pull, they relaxed their defense a little, which led to the loss of the goal, and in the second half they are afraid that they will defend themselves to the end. I don't run much, do you stand there and wait for the opposing player to defend yourself comfortably?