Manchester United’s star, Marcus Rashford says former coach, Jose Mourinho made him “savvier” in the penalty area.
Following debates over United’s penalty count with Jurgen Klopp suggesting Solskjaer’s side had won more than his over a far shorter period, Rashford made it public that is through Mourinho that he changed his attitude in the box.
The 23-year-old England international quoted what Mourinho said, “If you are not savvy about the way you do it, then you are not going to get given it”.
“When you are making runs in behind or you are dribbling with the ball and you see a challenge coming, you dont want to get tackled because you are looking at an opportunity to score a goal”. Added Rashford.
“But there have been times when we have probably not got penalties. When Jose was manager, there were five or six times I can remember where I should have had a penalty”.
Upon being advised, Rashford said, “It was something in terms of development you have to learn and understand”.
In 2018, Mourinho left United after two years in charge. And, since Solskjaer’s first league match in December of that year, the side have been awarded the most Premier League penalties (27).
Last season only, United broke the record for the most spot-kicks awarded in a single Premier League season (14). In this campaign, the side has won 11 across all competitions.
Regardless, the forward has won 11 penalties for United at domestic league and European level. Although, eight of those have come under Solskjaer’s management.