Gary Neville
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I think that, you know, you look at sort of Rashford here, he's putting the legwork in, in the hardest parts of the matches, those first 60, 70 minutes, when actually those powerful runs, those repeated sprints, those dribbles are wearing out people.
I have to say that ultimately he's doing great work, Rashford.
There's calls maybe, Martial deserves a chance.
I can't disagree with that because Martial has been devastating when he's come off the bench.
But there's no doubt also he's profiting from a team that are more tired, a team that are actually losing the game, so get a little bit more desperate.
And you've got space to counter-attack into.
And if you look at Martial here now, obviously this goal is not a counter-attack.
He's a brilliant finisher, his composure in front of goal is fantastic.
He looked ready to come in, but I think it would be unfair to be at the expense of Rashford in some ways, because if you look at Martial here now, and what Jamie was talking about before, I actually don't care about the 4-0.
I don't look at the actual results in terms of goals scored.
And Martial is doing well, and you just see there, just to finish off on that, you look at Rashford's work, the 155 minutes, yeah, no goals, one assist, the dribbles, the sprints, and Martial's been coming on and profiting in that area where Rashford's done such good work during the game.
But going back to United in the bigger picture, I don't think it is the 4-0 results.
What I think that Manchester United look like to me now is a team that could keep possession and win a game.
It looks like a team that could actually defend deep and be resilient and keep a clean sheet and win a game.
And it also looks like a team that can counter-attack and win a game.
And I always think that a team that wins the league in this country
I've always been a team that can win games in different styles, different ways, and they've got a strong spine.
They've got obviously skillful and technical players to go with the rest of that spine.
But to me at the moment, the makeup of the team and the squad looks like it can handle a title challenge.