Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes
“killer” striker Marcus Rashford will help Manchester United cope
without suspended teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic when the Premier League
giants meet at Old Trafford on Saturday, AFP reports.
Teenage forward Rashford made a dramatic
entrance into senior football in February, scoring twice in United’s
3-2 win over Arsenal just after days after grabbing two goals in his
first-team debut against FC Midtjylland.
The 19-year-old, now an England
international, started five consecutive Premier League games for United
before manager Jose Mourinho made him an unused substitute in the club’s
3-1 win at Swansea last time out.
But with Ibrahimovic banned and captain
Wayne Rooney, injured on England duty last week, set to be only fit
enough to be on the bench, Rashford could feature from the kick-off
against Arsenal.
“Certainly they would prefer to have him (Ibrahimovic),” Wenger said on Friday.
“But we have as well players out and
let’s not forget, last year (season) the guy who killed us was Rashford.
So let’s not speculate on any weakness of Man United.”
Wenger, looking to secure a maiden
league win over former Chelsea boss Mourinho in his 12th top-flight
contest with his Portuguese rival, said Rashford’s initial form had
taken him slightly by surprise.
“Yes of course,” he told a news
conference before adding, “Maybe a bit less, because I watched him
against a Danish team in midweek and he scored and I could see straight
away that this guy could be dangerous.”
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