Rashford misses United game after Ten Hag criticism for going to nightclub

LONDON (AP) — Manchester United ahead Marcus Rashford was lacking for the Premier League match towards Fulham on Saturday, a day after supervisor Erik ten Hag criticized the participant’s resolution to go to a nightclub celebration after a derby loss to Manchester City.

United mentioned Rashford’s absence was right down to a heavy knock to his leg in coaching and that he failed a health take a look at earlier than the sport.

Ten Hag had been sad with Rashford going to a nightclub for a pre-arranged party hours after the 3-0 defeat to City on Sunday. Rashford turned 26 on Tuesday.

“I spoke with him about it,” Ten Hag mentioned Friday. “It’s unacceptable, I told him, he apologized and that’s it. For the rest it’s an internal matter.”

Ten Hag repeated that it was an “internal matter” when requested if Rashford had been fined for the incident.

Rashford was among the many substitutes within the 3-0 loss to Newcastle within the League Cup on Wednesday, with Ten Hag saying that was attributable to rotation somewhat than punishment.

Rashford was dropped to the bench for a recreation towards Wolverhampton final season for timekeeping, however Ten Hag rejected the notion that the England ahead will not be attuned to his calls for.

“Your suggestion is not right,” he mentioned. “He’s becoming in, he’s very motivated to place issues proper.

“I know which effort he is putting in. He’s totally with us. So, he makes a mistake, but that doesn’t say he’s not fitting in. I see him every day in training, what he’s doing, I know. So, he makes one mistake but also, off the pitch, what he is doing, how he lives, and I’m sure he is doing everything right to help the team to perform and to let us win.”

Rashford has scored only one objective for United this season. He scored 30 objectives for the crew final season.