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The scenario worsened on Sunday night when Manchester United recorded an exciting 4-3 extra-time win over Liverpool of their FA Cup quarter-final conflict.
Whereas Man United appeared weak on the again on a number of events, permitting Liverpool to attain twice in three minutes to take a 2–1 lead, their attacking efficiency greater than compensated for his or her defensive flaws.
Regardless of being on the backfoot for a lot of the match, United step by step grew stronger all through the match, and confirmed their final resilience because the match went into additional time after a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes. On the forefront of United's comeback was Marcus Rashford.
Rashford has endured a tough season to this point, and has been unable to duplicate his glorious type from final season. This was evident late within the second half when he went one-on-one with the keeper after receiving a well-placed lob from Christian Eriksen. In what clearly ought to have been a match-winning alternative, Rashford's shot went vast, leaving the winger hitting the bottom in frustration after realizing his grave error.
In additional time, Rashford made nearly the identical mistake two minutes earlier than half-time. In one other one-on-one, he despatched the ball vast of the far submit. Nonetheless, this time he will probably be relieved to see that he has been flagged for offside.
Within the second half of additional time, Rashford made up for all his errors when he obtained a ball from Scott McTominay contained in the field. He put the ball previous the keeper and into the web, giving United a 3–3 tie and offering the platform for Amad Diallo to attain the winner within the last minute of the match.
All through the 120-minute encounter, the winger accomplished 25 of his 28 passes, with a powerful passing accuracy of 89%. He additionally offered 5 key passes, which proved to be an important part in United's assault.
Rashford's defensive actions left a lot to be desired, nonetheless, because the winger accomplished just one deal with. Compared, late substitute Amad Diallo made three tackles, which confirmed that Rashford lacked defensive assist.
The England worldwide was concerned in 5 floor duels, profitable two, whereas profitable certainly one of two aerial duels.
Rashford was certainly one of United's most concerned gamers within the attacking buildup, taking 4 pictures, two of which had been on track. However, he struggled to point out high quality on the ball and failed to finish two of his dribble makes an attempt.
Finally, it was a turnaround efficiency from Rashford. Though his passing was strong and he was closely concerned in United's attacking build-up, he was poor when it got here to supporting his protection and displaying high quality on the ball. His two misses from shut vary are additionally arduous to disregard.
However, he managed to excel the place anticipated, scoring an important aim for United that helped them e-book their place within the FA Cup semi-finals and maintain their hopes for silverware this season alive.
(Information by way of Sofascore)