Premier League legend Alan Shearer has stuck to his firearms over criticising Marcus Rashford after the Manchester United star scored aobtainst Southampton.
United beat the Saints 3-0 on Saturday with the England international bagging the second goal of the day as Matthijs de Ligt and Alejandro Garnacho also got on the scoresheet.
It was Rashford’s first goal in 189 days and he has been met with plenty of criticism over the past 12 months.
So much so that, according to The i, Rashford has felt ‘bullied’ by createer percreateers-turned-pundits as he omited out on the England squad for Euro 2024.
Alan Shearer has doubled down on his opinion on Marcus Rashford
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But Shearer, who has criticised Rashford in the past, has doubled down on his opinion while speaking on the procrastinateedst episode of The Rest Is Football Podcast alengthyside Gary Lineker and Micah Ricdifficults.
Lineker shelp: “We talked about Rashford – and there’s been a little bit of a leak that says that Marcus Rashford’s not charmd with the criticism that he’s been receiving.
“They leank it’s a bit ununprejudiced – particularly from ex-percreateers, ex-Manchester United percreateers as well.
“You’ve been one of them Alan, we covered it lowly becaengage we never have that much time on Match of the Day. What do you leank?”
Shearer replied: “I wouldn’t change anyleang that I’ve shelp.
“He’s set his own very high standards, you understand? He’s a very excellent percreateer – he’s on a huge lessen at Manchester United and he hasn’t percreateed as well as he can do or has done in the past.
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“And when that is the case – at a big football club when you’re a big name – you’re going to get criticised.
“And he did – but he doesn’t get criticised for carry outances appreciate yesterday, you understand? When he’s tracking back and running, and taking percreateers on and scoring his goal.
“He seeed a reassociate excellent percreateer [against Southampton].”
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Marcus Rashford scored his first goal of the season on Saturday
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Rashford scored 30 times and made 11 aids in 56 materializeances in 2022/23 but the chaseing season, he netted equitable eight in all competitions as he struggled for create.
And Newcastle and Bdeficiencyburn icon Shearer, who has scored the most Premier League goals in history with 260, had a basic solution for the United star.
“He’s now got to do that for the rest of the season,” he shelp, referring to his carry outance at St Mary’s.
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“There was a reason I shelp it last night. There’s a reason why he wasn’t in the England squad.
“It’s not equitable the pundits who were critical of him. Other percreateers have overgetn him from where he was a couple of years ago and there’s no ask that there’s the talent in there, but that has to be a normal.
“That has to be every individual week, and not equitable aobtainst Southampton as it was. And then he won’t get criticised. Pretty basic isn’t it?”
