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Tyrone Marshall

Marcus Rashford is helping Manchester United to rediscover their best attack

Lockdown football didn't have a lot going for it but those summer months of June 2020 were at least bright for Manchester United, who shone behind closed doors and found a potent attacking combination.

It was arguably the highlight of the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer era, although as was so often the case under the Norwegian, it couldn't be repeated when the pressure was on and defeats to Chelsea in an FA Cup semi-final and Sevilla in a Europa League semi-final were costly.

When that 2019/20 season restarted, however, United were easy on the eye and had an attack that looked like it could carry them forward. Nineteen goals were scored in the first seven Premier League games after Project Restart. Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial registered 14 of those goals and formed a potent attacking quartet with the now-unavailable Mason Greenwood.

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