- Alan Shearer singled Marcus Rashford out for criticism after final week’s sport
- Erik ten Hag has slammed his ‘silly’ criticism of the Man United ahead
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Erik ten Hag has branded Alan Shearer’s criticism of Marcus Rashford’s kind for Manchester United this season as ‘silly’.
BBC pundit Shearer singled out Rashford on Match of the Day final weekend after he was substituted in United’s defeat at Brighton.
The previous England striker described the variety of instances Rashford was caught offside on the Amex Stadium as ‘staggering’ and criticised his lack of objective risk.
‘He is had two video games this season Marcus Rashford and he is not had one shot at objective,’ mentioned Shearer.
‘On at this time’s proof and within the sport in opposition to Fulham, it’s not been anyplace close to adequate in entrance of objective.’
Marcus Rashford struggled in Man United’s 2-1 defeat by Brighton final weekend
Alan Shearer was essential of his efficiency after he was caught offside a number of instances
Erik ten Hag has hit out at Shearer, branding his criticism of Rashford ‘silly’
Ten Hag leapt to Rashford’s defence when he was requested about Shearer’s feedback forward of United’s sport in opposition to Liverpool tomorrow (solar).
‘If I take a participant off, the conclusion is I used to be not proud of him,’ mentioned Ten Hag. ‘It may be typically, however undoubtedly it wasn’t on this case. Silly evaluation from the pundit.
‘I used to be very proud of Rashy in pre-season and in opposition to Fulham, additionally in opposition to Brighton. It’s not why I took him off as a result of his performances or degree weren’t proper. No. We needed to rotate and we’ve good gamers on the bench as properly.’
