The Manchester United striker suddenly lost his form miserably despite scoring 30 goals the previous season.
It’s hard to imagine that a striker whose career is extremely flourishing will fall like Marcus Rashford. Previously, he and Kylian Mbappe were considered the two best players in the world in the left wing striker position. PSG even said they wanted him in case the French striker moved to Spain to play for Real Madrid.
Now, Rashford seems to be a shadow of himself from last season, scoring only 2 goals in the past 5 months. Not only was he stuck scoring goals, Rashy also failed to create many opportunities for himself and his teammates at Old Trafford. He even lost to Antony when the Brazilian player knew how to retreat to support the defense.
This season, on average, every 120.9 minutes the English striker has had 1 shot on target. This number is much worse than last season, when he only needed 57.8 minutes to do the same, and 60.3 minutes in the 2019/2020 season.
In fact, it’s not that teammates don’t pass the ball to Rashford, the numbers don’t lie as he is the player leading the team in the number of offensive passes as well as the number of passes received.
Fans of the team seem to be too familiar and fed up with M.U’s attacks when Rashford holds the ball. The English striker dribbled the ball from both wings with a favorable position and then was blocked or pushed the ball too far and let the attack go wastefully.
The 26-year-old striker’s failure is more or less obscured by the fact that his teammates such as: Anthony Martial, Alejandro Garnacho or Rasmus Hojlund all failed to score many goals. Martial and Garnacho only had 1 goal in the Premier League while Hojlund, despite scoring 5 goals in the Champions League, was still unlucky in the domestic arena.
The reason may come from Marcus Rashford having to change his playing position too much this season. He started the season playing in the center of the striker line due to injuries to Martial and Hojlund. After that, although he was returned to the familiar left wing, recently, the Red Devils’ attacker was placed on the right wing for tactical reasons. Rashford has openly admitted that he would play better on the left wing, where he can freely move inside and create danger.
In addition, personal life factors are also the reason why Rashy becomes lethargic and lacks enthusiasm on the field. The 26-year-old striker broke up with his childhood girlfriend, Lucia Loi, after the two got engaged. In addition, Rashford’s brother Dane, who is also Rashford’s representative, was arrested in the US on suspicion of domestic violence in November. Putting all the issues together, it is understandable why Rashford Losing yourself leads to poor performance this season.