Here are your Manchester United evening headlines for Saturday, February 25.
'Only people at the club know' - Marcus Rashford on his stunning comeback
Thirty-seven Manchester United games and 24 goals; Rashford confirmed this is his season-best goals haul before Shrove Tuesday. He is in world-class form, never mind career-best, and he has bloomed into the complete forward those who coached him at the academy were convinced he would become.
"Football is probably 95 per cent to do with your mentality," he says. "For me, that's everything, that gives you the base line to go and perform. Without that side, you're just playing off ability.
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"At top level, it's not enough to win consistently. So there are a lot of players that have ability, that's why they play at the top level."
'Sometimes I want to kill' - Lisandro Martinez on becoming Manchester United's cult hero
Lisandro Martinez cannot find the word but actions speak louder than words. He points to the Manchester United badge and pats it.
"We spoke here in the dressing room, we say everything, we were very strict, we looked at, how do you say?"
The badge?
"The badge! We say, 'guys, this is not possible, we have to change this'."
The knives were out for United and Martinez after the generational nadir at Brentford, his second appearance. Martinez, elcarnicero - the butcher - sharpened his own blade.
Nine days later, Martinez barged into Mohamed Salah after 36 seconds, United became the first English team to beat Liverpool in the calendar year and the Stretford End had a new cult hero.
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