It is impossible not to feel somewhat sorry for Anthony Martial.
The Manchester United forward has spent most of this season staring at the walls of the Carrington treatment room, as opposed to strutting his stuff out on the pitch. Injury troubles have so far restricted him to just 45 minutes worth of action this term, leaving him lagging behind his competitors in pursuit of a regular starting berth.
But on the one occasion Martial did get to try and start rekindling his United career, he ensured that he made his mark, providing an excellent assist for Marcus Rashford's first goal of the season in the 2-1 win over Liverpool last month. United were 1-0 up at half-time that evening and manager Erik ten Hag, instead of trying to protect what his team had got, sensed blood, making an unexpected attack-minded change.
