A three nill win away at Southampton and a confident Marcus Rashford equals a horrible evening at Old Trafford for League One side Barnsley and it was. After a sloppy start in the first ten minutes, Rashford recieved a switch of play from Garnacho, weaved through two defenders and thumped the ball into the back of the net, from the moment the ball reached his feet, the Barnsley defence had no chance whatsoever. After the first goal, United never looked back, Antony a player who faces pressure and criticism perenially scored the second from the spot, the penalty was handed to him by another enstranged Brazillian Casemiro who captained the team. Many have questioned Erik Ten Hag's use of Garnacho, but the game against Barnsley proved Erik Ten Hag was right in using Garnacho sparingly,starting in his favorite left-wing, he was menace all game and scored two goals of his own while assisting Marcus Rashford for his second, by half time all three forwards have scored and United had already qualified for the third round the question was how many will they add.
The second half was definitely the best under Erik Ten Hag, Garnacho and Rashford added one each and Eriksen opened his tally for the season with one assist and two goals, Ten Hag was so merciless that he brought in Amad, Mazraoui and Fernandes while being five nill up. The United captain created six chances and assisted Eriksen for both his goals, United started the season with most big chances missed in the Premeir League but a tally of ten goals without reply in their last two games means a great improvement has been made, many will point out the quality of the opposition, but knowing United especially a United team that has not played with it's first choice center forward all season, this is great improvement. However the jury will come down against Erik Ten Hag and his team when they travel to Selhurst Park, a venue the brings bitter memories to United fans and most especially the United manager.
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