Chapter 0114 - Third on the Shooter List
By the time Carrick was negotiating with Marina, Marcus Rashford had already arrived at the penalty spot with the ball in his arms, and he was going to take the penalty himself.
Now, a goal doesn't mean two more attribute points, and it's also linked to a goal award, which is worth £6,000, and Rashford doesn't want to let it go.
None of his team-mates fought against him, after all, the penalty was created by Rashford himself, and before that, Rashford had already won the first penalty in the team.
However, when referee Marriner got Carrick and walked this way, what he asked Rashford to do was not to take a penalty or to reposition the ball, but to change his shirt.
The jersey he was wearing, which had just been torn by Stones, had a hole in his back, which was not in order.
Rashford had no choice but to turn around and change his clothes.
After changing his clothes, Rashford returned to the pitch and began to take the penalty.
Marcus Rashford used the change of tempo to induce Hoel to make a wrong judgment and eventually successfully pushed in the opposite direction.
Manchester United took a 2-0 lead.
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'The penalty was taken and United took a 2-0 lead at Old Trafford! That's a huge advantage and United are all but booked to win the game! ”
"The ball is in! Marcus Rashford scored twice as Marcus Rashford scored his 18th goal in five Premier League games! Now, he is tied with Romelu Lukaku, the opponent on the other side of the game, and is third in the scorers' charts. Before him, there were only Kane with 21 goals and Vardy with 19! ”
"It's unbelievable! It took only five games, four and a half games to be exact, for Rashford to surpass the vast majority of Premier League goalscorers and reach third place in the scorers' list! ”
"Could it be that this season's Premier League top scorer will fall to this 18-year-old top scorer?"
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Marcus Rashford scored the penalty and after the initial cheers, it was revealed that the young lad had unknowingly reached the third place in the Premier League's scorer list, which was amazing.
Old Trafford was boiling again as fans chanted Rashford's name and thanked the young goalscorer for the joy they had brought to them.
The penalty took a lot of time, mainly Rashford to change his shirt, which took almost two minutes, plus the subsequent penalty and celebration, it took almost two minutes, so when the game resumed, the time was already in the 35th minute of the first half.
Manchester United, who scored two goals in a row, was highly motivated, and the players' performance on the field became more and more impressive, completely suppressing Everton, and the situation on the field entered the half-time offensive and defensive drill stage for a while, and Manchester United pressed Everton in the backfield and couldn't play at all.
Everton's few hits up front have been kicked off at the back, leaving Lukaku to fight for it alone.
However, Blind, who is responsible for marking Lukaku in this game, is in good shape, even if he has a big physical disadvantage, he uses excellent prediction and card position to defend the little monster without any temper.
So, it looks more like a big kick clearance than an attempt to attack.
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Before we knew it, the game had come to the end of the first half, and although Manchester United had a huge advantage on the field, they did not have an absolute chance to score. Because Everton was so suppressed that the box was overcrowded, Manchester United players were blocked again and again by the Great Wall of Flesh.
In the end, when referee Marrina blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score remained 2:0.
During the break, the focus of discussion was on Marcus Rashford, both of his two first-half goals, but more on his ungodly performance of finishing third in the Premier League's scorers list in just four and a half games, and of course, there was speculation about whether he would win the Premier League's top scorer this season.
Most of the commentators and commentators are in the affirmative, because Rashford's form is so good that even if he doesn't score again in this game, his goal rate has reached an average of 3.6 goals per game, and at this rate, he is likely to surpass Jamie Vardy and Kane in the next Premier League game.
Of course, this is only theoretical data, and everyone just talks about it, and they don't believe it. Otherwise, at this goal rate, wouldn't Rashford have scored more than 40 league goals by the end of the season? This is also an exaggeration.
In fact, as opponents get to know Rashford better, it will become more and more difficult for him to score on the pitch, and this game is a prime example of this.
In the first half, Everton harassed Rashford with small gestures, freezing him for most of the time. Had it not been for that unexpected long-range effort that upset the balance on the pitch, perhaps Everton would have kept a clean sheet against Marcus Rashford and Manchester United in the first half.
Everton's approach also set a good example for the next team, that is, in addition to using muscle jungle to contain Rashford, such small actions can also be used to harass, which is a very effective method.
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When the commentators were talking, the Manchester United fans in front of the TV were very unhappy, what kind of mentality these people had, they couldn't see anyone good, and they tried to deal with us Rashford, which was so hateful.
Old Trafford, on the other hand, has been singing constantly. The team's winning streak, combined with a two-goal lead on the pitch today, made the fans feel good.
Marcus Rashford and the rest of United's players were unaware of this, as they took time to rest in the dressing room, while Louis van Gaal took the opportunity to set up his second-half tactics.
Louis van Gaal asked his side to start the second half in the second half to score more goals and seal the win early, before making changes in preparation for the Europa League trip to Borussia Dortmund in midweek.
At the start of the second half, Mensah replaced Rojo, who was not in good shape.
At Louis van Gaal's behest, the Manchester United players continued to put pressure on Everton's goal at the start of the second half, and finally scored a goal in the 54th minute to seal the win.
At that time, Juan Mata crossed from the right, Rashford played the ball with a backheel in the edge of the box, Mensah cut in a cross from the right side of the box, and Martial fired a left-footed shot into the back post from six yards.
Manchester United's goal can already be said to have killed the game.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Van Gaal to replace Marcus Rashford with Ander Herrera, revealing his intention to stay in the Europa League.