Marcus Rashford has revealed the secret behind his emergence as a goalscoring talent at Manchester United.
Rashford has scored 10 goals in 23 appearances since marking his senior debut with a double against Midtjylland in last season’s Europa League.
Both his goals this term have been close-range finishes, the first a last- minute winner at Hull and the second in a 3-1 defeat at Watford on Sunday.
The teenager also scored on his full England debut and scored a hat-trick last month on his first appearance for Gareth Southgate’s U21 side, but his growing reputation as a poacher is at odds with his youth-team past in the No 10 role.
Sessions with United coach Colin Little expanded Rashford’s repertoire, and he told club magazine Inside United: “That kind of changed my mindset towards the game.
“Usually I’d like to get the ball to my feet and show people what I could do, but now I know there are other ways to affect a game. It kind of opened my mind to the game.
“I don’t regret playing in that position because it means now I can still play there if I need to – No 10, on both wings and up front as well. It means I have more in my armoury when it comes to the matches.
“I used to look up to players who would dribble at people, creating chances, scoring too. But the type of the player I want to be now is different to the type of player I wanted to be then.”
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