Marcus Rashford is reflecting on becoming the lethal leader of Manchester United’s attack after a lost season that the 25-year-old says: “I can’t get back.”
The starkest way of comprehending the turnaround: in 2021-22 Rashford scored five goals in 32 appearances; this season he has 24 in 36. Sunday’s double in the 3-0 victory against Leicester at Old Trafford took him to a career-high count for a campaign and he is the force Newcastle are desperate to stop in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final.
