Marcus Rashford has heaped praise on Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Christian Eriksen for their roles in Manchester United's victory over Burnley.
United returned to competitive competition for the first time in over five weeks on Wednesday as they eased past Burnley to advance to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup with a 2-0 win. Though Rashford grabbed the headlines with his excellent solo strike to double the lead, Eriksen's opener was also a fine goal.
It came midway through the opening 45 minutes when Bruno Fernandes lofted a pass over the top in the direction of Wan-Bissaka. The ball looked to be going out for a goal kick but somehow the right-back, starting for the first time since February after a tough beginning to the campaign, reached it and directed a perfectly-weighted cross for Eriksen to tap home.
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Rashford praised them both for their efforts in scoring the goal. "Yeah, massively important player," he said to MUTV about Wan-Bissaka. "We all know about his defensive qualities and, for me, he just needs confidence to be pushed to go forward because when he goes forward he can create goalscoring opportunities for us and today he had no right to get that ball but he got there anyway.
"It was a good ball across and it looks like a simple goal in the end but it's not, it's the movement and the timing from all three players. Christian arriving late into the box and getting a tap-in. It was a great goal and Azza played a massive part."
Rashford also explained the thinking behind his own goal. He added: "I was dribbling to try and entice one of them to come out and I wanted to play it to Anthony but I think his run was a little bit early or me lifting my head up was a little bit late so when I did lift my head up I've just seen the gap, I think he was offside anyway, so I thought I'm just going to go for it and see if I can create an opportunity."
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