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Erik ten Hag must heed own Anthony Martial warning at Manchester United amid Marcus Rashford injury concern
12.04.2023 - 05:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester United were given just a brief glimpse of the link-up between Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford against Everton on Saturday, before an injury to the latter somewhat tainted an otherwise brilliant win.
Martial continued his cautious return with a third consecutive appearance off the bench, replacing Antony and doing what the Brazilian couldn't within 11 minutes. Seamus Coleman's mistake saw Rashford through on goal, the forward squaring it for his French teammate to stroke home.
But after limping down the tunnel with what looked to be a groin injury, the mood at Old Trafford was dampened and thoughts turned to where the goals will come from, should the prognosis be as bad as some fear. Rashford has scored around a third of United's goals this season.
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Bizarrely, despite playing just 798 minutes of football this season, Martial is United's joint-third top scorer with seven goals. His goals-per-90 minutes average of 0.79 is actually better than Rashford (0.71), and on that basis, Ten Hag would be forgiven for turning straight to the Frenchman.
But already this season, rushing back has proven damaging. Martial is yet to make more than three appearances in a single month but could do so inside two weeks come Thursday. He is yet to complete a full 90 minutes this campaign, with Ten Hag admitting in January that managing workload has been a problem throughout.
“It is not about if we don’t rely on him, but the physical load is not in this moment so high that he can play every third game of every third day, a game of 90 minutes," Ten Hag said. "So, I have to manage that together with him.
"We are on a thin line at the moment because the qualities
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