Marcus Rashford equals scoring record as Manchester United draw with Barcelona

Marcus Rashford equalled his very top targets total for a single season by scoring in Manchester United (opens in novel tab)‘s Europa League draw with Barcelona (opens in novel tab) at the Camp Nou.

The Red Devils’ purple-sizzling forward continued his outstanding renaissance as the first leg of the knockout spherical play-off performed 2-2, equalising no longer up to three minutes after Marcos Alonso had broken the deadlock for the hosts.

Barca goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen arguably might maybe maybe comprise done greater with the conclude to-put up effort, but Rashford will also no longer care one bit: he’s now found the web 22 cases in all competitions this season, equalling his occupation finest from 2019/20.

The 25-yr-veteran was moreover closely exasperated about United’s 2d, darting explosively into the sector and ultimately seeing his unhealthy ball at some level of the face of scheme inadvertently changed into in by Blaugrana defender Jules Kounde. That wasn’t to be the winner, although, as Raphinha’s heinous-cum-shot travelled all the approach in to leave the tie delicately poised.

Linked with a transfer far off from Long-established Trafford last summer time, Rashford has battled assist from a desperately abominable 2021/22 campaign in fine vogue, regaining his arena within the England squad for last yr’s World Cup – where he bagged three targets to make as the Three Lions joint prime scorer alongside Bukayo Saka.

He’ll be hoping so as to add to his tally when United entertain Leicester (opens in novel tab) within the Premier League on Saturday, sooner than subsequent Thursday’s 2d leg in opposition to Barca.

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Tom Hancock started freelancing for FourFourTwo in April 2019 and has moreover written for The Analyst and When Saturday Comes, amongst others. He helps Wycombe Wanderers and has a at ease arena for Wealdstone. A self-confessed statto, he has been known to stare soccer with a spreadsheet (or a lot of) originate…