Marcus Rashford (born 31 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.
A Manchester United player from the age of seven, he scored two goals on both his first-team debut against Midtjylland in the UEFA Europa League in February 2016 and his Premier League debut against Arsenal three days later.
He also scored in his first Manchester derby match, his first EFL Cup match and his first UEFA Champions League match. With United, Rashford has so far won the FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield and UEFA Europa League.
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Four Manchester United players told to ‘step up’ amid Marcus Rashford injury absence
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFormer Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves has named four Manchester United players who need to shoulder the goals responsibility with top scorer Marcus Rashford out injured.
The attacker is sidelined for the next few games and missed Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final first leg against Sevilla after pulling up with a muscle problem in Saturday's 2-0 win over Everton.
Rashford has 28 goals this season, his most prolific season ever. United have been heavily reliant on his goals and Hargreaves shared his concern about the lack of scoring threat from others. READ MORE: United vs Sevilla LIVE Speaking on BT Sport, he said: “The biggest problem is goalscoring, and if you lose Marcus Rashford for a week or two or three that puts a lot of pressure on the rest of the players, because Marcus has been the guy that’s carried the team. “But, somebody needs to stop up - [Anthony] Martial, he’s back fit, he looks like he could be the guy.
Whether it’s Antony, [Jadon] Sancho, Bruno Fernandes, or [Christian] Eriksen to come back in, but they need somebody to step up. “I just feel like when Marcus isn’t there, Varane or Lisandro Martinez, or Casemiro, replacements aren’t as strong as those options so it’s a huge month with all the fixtures.
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