Rashford's Late Goal Against West Ham Takes Manchester United Into The Champions League Zone

Marcus Rashford (Twitter @manUtd)

JAKARTA - Week 23 of the 2021/2022 English League which took place on Sunday, January 23 in the early hours of West Indonesia Time, became a sweet note for Manchester United. How not, in the match against West Ham United, the Red Devils managed to secure a victory which also automatically boosted their position to the Champions League safe zone.

In a match that took place at Old Trafford Stadium, MU won 1-0 over the visitors. The victory could not be separated from the big role of Marcus Rashford who became the sole executor of the Red Devils.

Status as a guest team, West Ham from the start tried to take the initiative to attack. They had stepped on the gas to threaten the MU goal. However, it did not last long because slowly but surely, the hosts were able to control the rhythm of the match and dominate the match.

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Even so, MU's steps to open the numbers on the scoreboard did not necessarily run smoothly. Because throughout the match until the half-time there continued to be buying and selling of attacks between the camps that did not produce any results. The score was 0-0 in the early stages.

Changes slowly began to appear when the match continued into the second half. Where in the middle of the match, both Ralf Rangnick and David Moyes as coaches of each team chose to include new players.

Rangnick was seen pulling out Elanga and replacing it with Marcus Rashford. While in the stronghold of the visitors, Moyes pulled out Vladimir Coufal and replaced him with Ryan Fredericks.

Rangnick's efforts paid off sweetly because the Rashford he appointed was able to determine the team's victory. The precious moment happened exactly one minute before the final whistle sounded.

Through a counter-attack scheme, Edinson Cavani seemed to release the bait that was received and was successfully completed by Rashford with a tap in. Rashford's execution made Manchester United close the match at Old Trafford with a 1-0 victory.

The victory at headquarters this time made MU slowly be able to extend the positive trend after in the previous match they also won 3-1 over Brentford.

Thanks to this victory, they managed to break into the ranks of the 4th Premier League standings. That is, the Red Devils are in a safe zone to be able to participate in the Champions League.