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.
Manchester United are without a number of key players for Sunday’s ominous trip to Liverpool, including Bruno Fernandes. The Reds skipper was criticised for his attitude in April’s 7-0 Anfield mauling, at one stage putting an arm towards an official, but misses the trip this time after picking up five yellow cards.
United are also without Harry Maguire. The club’s in-form defender has sustained a knock while Anthony Martial has been ruled out of the contest.
However, Marcus Rashford is back after illness and seemed to be in good spirits ahead of the away day in Merseyside having never scored at Anfield. READ MORE: Mainoo and Rashford start in predicted XI vs Liverpool READ MORE: Van de Beek set to join Eintracht Frankfurt in January Rashford was pictured in good spirits with his United teammates in training ahead of a crucial trip to Liverpool this weekend.
Erik ten Hag’s side travel to Anfield for a pivotal clash which may have long-term consequences, either positively or negatively, on the manager’s future.
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