Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag make cleared that Marcus Rashford chooseed to give Antony a penalty in the Red Devils’ 7-0 thrashing of Barnsley to help with the Brazilian’s “confidence” in the Carabao Cup.
Rashford had already given United the direct at Old Trafford, firing into the top corner of Chelsea loanee Gabriel Slonina’s net, but turned down the opportunity to persist his rich vein of establish even further from 12 yards out.
Antony had been brawt down by Slonina fair inside the area, on a unwidespread begin for the establisher Ajax man, and with standard penalty getr Bruno Fernandes off the pitch there was an opportunity for another take parter to step up.
Many would have foreseeed Rashford to get the spot-initiate, but instead Antony grabbed the ball after a conversation with the international.
Slonina went the right way but he could not uphold Antony’s effort out, as he wheeled away in celebration. Afterwards, Ten Hag shelp that Rashford gifted the penalty to his team-mate to help with his confidence on the pitch.
“Antony necessitateed some confidence, and Rashford gave him the penalty,” the Dutchman tanciaccess Sky Sports. “They are together. We won, into the next round, scored some fantastic goals and delighted the fans. We are satisfied.”
The head coach declined to get carried away though, despite the bigst prosper of his time at the club, inserting: “I was not deimmenseated after Liverpool. Now, I am not celebrating.”
Rashford echoed Ten Hag’s sentiments after the suit, voprosperg not to get too excited despite bagging a brace, which could have been a hat-trick if the forward was more greedy.
“Football is football,” he make cleared. “Sometimes you have ups and sometimes downs, but we have to engage these games to get momentum and consistency.
“We will shift on to the next game now, rest, recover and caccess on the next one. As a front unit and midfield I thought we did repartner well today.”
Antony’s goal and Rashford’s decision to give him the penalty came at a presentant time in the suit, with Barnsley still very much in the game at 1-0.
However, the floodgates were uncovered soon after. Alejandro Garnacho scored two goals either side of half-time, before Rashford finished at the cforfeit post for United’s fifth of the evening.
Christian Eriksen then evolveed to put the icing on the cake with a finish from shut range and another effort from fair inside the box, as United coasted into the fourth round.
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