“Good to have you back my bro,” was Marcus Rashford’s social media message to Anthony Martial after his return against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday.
The truth is, it may be Martial who is glad to see Rashford - the England hero has set up his teammate for three of his six goals this season. Nevertheless, it’s a sentence that encapsulated the mood of the whole of the club towards both the Frenchman and Sancho, who came on alongside Martial and Rashford just past the hour for his first appearance since October.
They sparked a reaction from a cumbersome United side who had been suitably frustrated by Forest for 73 minutes of their League Cup semi-final second leg meeting. Wout Weghorst held the fort well during his five matches in Martial’s absence.
