Bruno Fernandes was quick to poke fun at Manchester United teammate Marcus Rashford after the Reds ace eventually got on the scoresheet in the win over Real Betis.
Erik ten Hag's men secured a 5-1 aggregate victory over the La Liga outfit, with Rashford's second-half strike giving the Reds the win at Betis in the second leg on Thursday night. United were as good as through to the next round after their convincing 4-1 win at Old Trafford last week, but they delivered a professional performance in the second meeting.
Rashford has now scored 27 goals in all competitions this season, including six in the Europa League. However, the England international could and should have had a few more in the win over Manuel Pellegrini's side, but his finishing radar was somewhat off on Thursday night.
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While the 25-year-old did eventually find the back of the net in the clash, Fernandes was still keen to joke with Rashford about the chances he missed in the game.
"Ok you don’t like the easy ones," the Portuguese ace commented on Rashford's Instagram post.
The United forward responded to pledge, saying: "Next time it goes in my brother."
Rashford's goal on Thursday saw him move past Cristiano Ronaldo to become United's sixth-highest goalscorer in European football - with the 25-year-old having scored 25 goals for the club in Europe. He is now looking to move past Paul Scholes in the charts and is just one strike behind the former Reds midfielder.
Ten Hag hailed the forward's resilience after he scored United's winner away at Betis - lauding his resilience after he responded to missing a number of good chances by finishing from distance to give the Reds the win.
"The team was creating some chances," Ten Hag said. "Rashy had some chances before. And he missed some but he kept his belief, he kept trying and got his reward. All good strikers know that not every chance you will get a goal but at this level, you don’t create five or six chances in a game so one of the two has to be in.
"It tells you something about the team’s performance. It tells you something about him. If he keeps the focus and makes sure he has the energy, the way, and the way he has to play in that system and style, he will get in scoring positions and then it’s about him - he has the ability to finish."
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