{"id":124299,"date":"2023-11-27T14:39:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T14:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/27\/bruno-fernandes-explains-why-marcus-rashford-took-penalty-in-win-over-everton\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T14:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T14:39:18","slug":"bruno-fernandes-explains-why-marcus-rashford-took-penalty-in-win-over-everton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/27\/bruno-fernandes-explains-why-marcus-rashford-took-penalty-in-win-over-everton\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Fernandes explains why Marcus Rashford took penalty in win over Everton \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has revealed he let Marcus Rashford take a penalty in the 3-0 win over Everton because his teammate needed a confidence boost.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a career best season in front of goal in 2022\/23 \u2013 bagging a stunning 30 goals in all competitions \u2013\u00a0Rashford\u00a0has struggled in the opening few months of the current campaign. Prior to Sunday\u2019s clash with Everton at Goodison Park, the wide forward had managed just one goal in all competitions in his first 16 outings of the season, and had been heavily criticised for his general performances levels.<\/p>\n<p>And while his performance against Everton was nothing to write home about \u2013 Rashford received a 5\/10 in\u00a0<em>90min\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0player ratings\u00a0\u2013 the England international did finally manage to get on the scoresheet once again, coolly slotting home a second half penalty in the eventual 3-0 win.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/01hg6kxsmgk2etv5br3g.jpg\" alt=\"Marcus Rashford\" title=\"Marcus Rashford\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Rashford needed a goal \/ Michael Regan\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Rashford stepping forward to take the penalty came as a surprise to many, given the fact that regular spot kick taker Bruno Fernandes was on the pitch at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to<em>\u00a0Sky Sports<\/em>\u00a0after the victory, captain Fernandes revealed that he had given Rashford the penalty kick in order to get the forward up and running in front of goal again:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt Marcus needed a little bit of confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe needs his goal. Marcus is an excellent penalty taker too, I was 100% sure he could score that penalty. It\u2019s not about who takes it, it\u2019s about scoring the penalty and Marcus did it perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think obviously strikers and wingers need to score goals, it is part of their game. Marcus was unstoppable and he could take on everybody. 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