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Unai Emery makes exciting Marcus Rashford claim after he scores again as a striker for Aston Villa
It’s safe to say that Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford is reviving his career every single time he steps out onto the pitch for Aston Villa right now.
Rashford was brilliant against Preston North End in the FA Cup – he took his chance as Villa’s number nine scoring two goals.
And against Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday evening, Unai Emery kept faith with Rashford up top, choosing to leave Ollie Wa🐭tkins watching on from the bench.
Alan Shearer 𓄧and Gary Lineker shared their Rashford thoughts after watching the forward against Preston – an🌳d the striker only backed up their claims with anothe✱r goal against Brighton.
Rashford opened the scoring with a delightful finish 🌞past Bart Verbruggen, demonstrating a level of confidence that’s seldom been seen whilst he’s been at Old Trafford of late.
Unai Emery thinks Marcus Rashford can play with Ollie Watkins
That being said, when speaking to after the game Emery actually claimed that Rashford was performing so well that he might consid♒er playing him alongside Watkins soon.
Before Jhon Duran left for Saudi𝓡 Arabia in January, Emery had a similar predicament – possessing two red hot strikers.
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But it seems like it’s a very welcome one from t🐭he Villa manager’s perspective who was loving the confidence in Rashford’s game right now.
Emery said: “Keep going is the message for him. Playing more minutes means he’s getting physically better, he’s scoring more ꧒goals. We’re playing him as a striker and trying to compete with Watkins. Maybe going forward we can play them together.
“Try to exploit his [Rashford’s] qualities. He’s in the best confidence moment. On Sunday we planned to⛄ play him as ♚a striker and he scored two goals so I decided to go again and he scored.”
Of course, Emery thought Rashford was world-class when he was first able to bri๊ng him to the club, a player he’s immediately🧸 getting the best out of.
Ezri Konsa has noticed how Marcus Rashford has changed
In addition to Emery, Villa centre-back Ezri Konsa also delivered some praise forಌ Rashford himself whilst also speaking to Sky Sports.
Konsa went away with Rashford over the international break🤪 with England, a teammate he must be very pleased to have at Villa Park right now.
Briefly discussing Rashford’s upturn in form, Konsa sai♑d: “He’s got a smile on his face again. He looks like he’s enjoying football again. 𓄧I’m so pleased for him.”
Villa are consider💮♋ing a permanent move for Rashford in the summer once his loan expires, but the Unite🎶d forward’s wages might ultimately scupper any deal.
Marco Asensio is al🐠so on loan at Villa right now, another talent who has seen a dramatic turnaround in perfཧormances since arriving at the club.
And it’s clear that Monchi and Emery will have some important decisions to make in a fඣew months’ time.