Marcus Rashford was introduced off at half-time throughout Manchester United’s draw with Porto to maintain him contemporary for his or her weekend conflict with Aston Villa, Erik ten Hag confirmed.
Rashford broke the impasse earlier than organising Rasmus Hojlund for United’s second because the Crimson Devils surged into an early two-goal lead away from house within the Europa League.
Nevertheless, objectives from Pepe and Samu Omorodion drew the hosts stage on the break in a topsy-turvy encounter in Portugal.
Regardless of being certainly one of United’s finest performers within the first 45 minutes, Rashford was surprisingly introduced off earlier than the second half, with Alejandro Garnacho changing him for the second half.
Nevertheless, Ten Hag confirmed that the choice was not injury-related and merely a matter of rotation forward of a busy schedule for the Crimson Devils.
‘We now have to rotate,’ he advised TNT Sports activities. ‘We didn’t begin Garnacho and he had an incredible recreation not solely on Sunday however I believe the entire season.
‘On Sunday we now have one other arduous recreation, so we want gamers to be out there and match and contemporary.’
Pressed on whether or not Rashford may have continued, Ten Hag responded: ‘We now have to play Garnacho. We now have a fast turnaround to Villa.
‘They’ve a day longer [to recover] and we now have an away recreation [today] so we would like contemporary gamers on the pitch on Sunday.’
After the break, Porto took the lead as Omorodion discovered his second off the night, however United’s blushes had been spared within the dying moments when substitute Harry Maguire nodded house from a nook to rescue a draw for the guests.
The outcome will do little to ease the hypothesis on Ten Hag’s future as United boss, however the under-fire Dutchman was eager to name for calm regardless of the outcome which means he has now received simply certainly one of his final 10 video games in Europe with the Crimson Devils.
‘We’ll get there. Don’t decide us on this second, decide us on the finish of the season,’ he stated.
‘We’re within the course of, we are going to enhance. We now have had two seasons the place we now have reached finals, we are going to proceed and struggle.
‘You see the spirit and the connection between the workers and the workforce. The gamers are collectively, they’ve a robust spirit and so they wish to obtain. We now have a superb mentality however in some defending components we now have to step up.’
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