Marcus Rushford
continues to be criticized despite his improving form and the Man United has
the perfect opportunity to silence his doubters. When Tammy Abraham scored
Chelsea's opener against Crystal Palace last weekend the comparisons started
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It is taken Abraham 21 fewer
games to reach Marcus Rushford’s best-ever Premier League
goal-scoring record of 10 goals. Another statistic to beat the Manchester
United attacker with:
You can see to an extent
why it is done. Similar in age both England internationals and play in the same
position but what's the point of it? For a shareable graphic on social media or
is it more to prove the point that Abraham is the better footballer? Because at
times it seems a comparison to make out how poor Rushford is.
The same happened back
in 2016 when Rushford was consistently compared with Kelechi Iheanacho who
was at Manchester City at the time. Their goals per minute ratio were
compared with the United forward being blasted for scoring eight in 1083
minutes of football while Iheanacho had 14 in 826 minutes.
You don't hear of
similar comparisons now with Iheanacho only scoring once in 30 appearances in
the league last season.
Rushford’s had the
burden of scrutiny and comparison since he was handed his debut by Louis van
Gaal in 2016 and in that way is hardly surprising he is yet to live up to the
high expectations thrust upon him.
This season is already
set to be his best yet. He is averaging a goal every other game in the year and
his total tally for the season so far is nine just four off his entire number
in all competitions during the last campaign.
And he has managed it
whilst not playing well for a chunk of the season. The England international
went through a poor patch of form while Anthony Martial was sidelined for eight
weeks with an injury and was widely and rightly criticized.
"The important
thing is what I know. I know what I want to become and what I will become if I
keep my mind on it," Rushford said in response to criticism from Michael
Owen.
And he had a similar
reply when asked if he would be dwelling on the chances he missed in the Europa
League clash against Partisan last week.
There were a couple of
times where I was half a yard too forward so it was a game of fine margins but
we are happy with the three goals, he said. For me, it is about recognizing it
and trying to correct it in the next game but I would not let it stay on my
mind for too long.
Some of the criticism
directed towards the 22-year-old has been just. He does need to improve and
missing open goals from six yards out like he did against Brighton on Sunday is
not going to help his case but he is shown he has developed over the years.
Martial's return should
give Rushford the push he needs to take it on to the next level and their link-up
play along with Daniel James has the potential to cause headaches for all the
defenders in the league.
With Romelu Lukaku gone
and the club deciding not to buy a replacement Rushford can finally silence his
critics by proving he has what it takes to be United's top goal scorer.
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