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.
Paul Merson and Roy Keane disagree on Arsenal performance vs Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United made it four wins on the spin thanks to a pulsating 3-1 victory over Arsenal at Old Trafford. Marcus Rashford's brace secured the points for Erik ten Hag's side after Bukayo Saka had cancelled out debutant Antony's opener.
But the scoreline belied what was for the most part a tight contest. In the end though United edged it and despite a fine performance from Mikel Arteta's side, it brought an end to their 100 per cent start to the new Premier League season.
On Sky Sports, pundit Roy Keane took umbrage with fellow analyst Paul Merson showering the Gunners with praise. Keane said: "Arsenal coming here and getting plaudits – when I was here and teams may come and have a good game but I never bothered about the plaudits, I was bothered about the points.
You can praise Arsenal all you want, this is about results and winning football matches." Read more: Ronaldo's gestures give United an added boost Merson hit back suggesting there was a certain way to lose a game, leading to Keane responding: "Ah right have a sing-song on the way back because you played well and lost the game.
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