When Manchester United return to action against Tottenham next Friday, Marcus Rashford should be back in the line up.
The England international is fit again after a back injury and he will be looking to pick up where he left off.
United begin with two big games, against Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United.
Fortunately Marcus Rashford is the ultimate big game player, and it just feels inevitable that he will step up and deliver. Again.
Great record
Rashford has scored vital goals in United’s last two victories over Tottenham.
He bagged a brace against Jose Mourinho’s side at Old Trafford in a man-of-the-match performance in December where he ran them ragged in a 2-1 win.
Tottenham could not live with him that night and they will struggle to contain him next week.
Rashford’s also struck a winner away to Spurs last January at Wembley, when he scored a perfectly judged counter attacking goal from a tight angle in a smash and grab 1-0 away win.
It is not just against Spurs where Rashford steps up. This season he has three goals against Chelsea, one versus Liverpool, and two against Manchester City.
He already has 19 goals for the season, and it is only a matter of time before number 20 comes along.
Sheffield United are our second game after the restart, a side who are up there battling for the European places.
Rashford scored one and assisted another in a dramatic 3-3 draw at Bramall Lane earlier in the season.
While sensible to also preach caution with expectation for Rashford’s first games back since January, he has shown time and time again that he will rise to the challenges.
United’s talisman will be keen to make up for lost time, and there will be no better way than reinforcing his big game record, and cracking the 20 goal barrier for the season early on.
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