London, March 8. Marcus Rashford, the Manchester United striker, assured that it was good for the team to play again this Thursday against Real Betis, in the Europa League, to be able to forget the historic and painful defeat they conceded on Sunday against at Liverpool in the Premier League.
Manchester United take on Betis this Thursday in the first leg of the Europa League Round of 16 after Liverpool beat them 7-0 in the English classic on Sunday.
“It’s something that happened. The only thing we can do now is learn from it and move on. I’m glad we have another game now because that’s the opportunity to step up and forget what happened,” Rashford told a news conference. .
“Losing against Liverpool is enough. The score doesn’t matter when you lose in a game like this, or against another rival. It’s not a feeling I like. But it doesn’t serve to nothing to continue to dwell on it, because we can’t Now we have to reset, go back to what we know how to do and win this Thursday”, he underlined.
On his phenomenal level in recent months, being the player who has scored the most goals in Europe since the end of the World Cup, Rashford admitted that what has benefited him this season is being in good health and fit.
“I had a good pre-season this summer and a new coach also arrived, with a new way of playing and that got me excited too. I wanted to give it my all from there and not look back.”
Rashford, who has scored 24 goals and provided 9 assists this season, said they have grown a lot as a team this season and imposed a style of play with which they have beaten the greats.
“It’s been a long time since I could say that. We’ve also won great games in the past, but with a different style of play than we would have liked,” he said. ECE
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