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Tuesday, 1 March 2016

RASHFORD MAN UNITED DEBUT RANKS AMONGS GREATS LIKE KLUIVERT,XAVI AND MULLER SAYS VAN GAAL


Manchester United Dutch boss Louis van Gaal indicated that Marcus Rashford's debut is placed alongside the first performances of some of his biggest stars at Ajax, Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
The Manchester born Rashford, 18, scored a brace on his senior debut as United eliminated FC Midtjylland from the Europa League on Thursday and then followed up with two more goals in Sunday's 3-2 win over Arsenal.
Van Gaal, who had a strong reputation for developing youth players at his previous clubs, said the striker has now proven he has genuine quality.
"The experience of mine is youngsters always play well the first match," Van Gaal said. "The second match is different. Marcus played well in both matches so he is a special talent."
Asked where Rashford's debut ranked among the best he had seen, he replied: "I can imagine a lot of them.
"Patrick Kluivert makes the winning goal [for Ajax] in the Super Cup in the Netherlands. Xavi, fantastic against I think Valladolid [for Barcelona], and also Thomas Muller -- a fantastic debut. He was playing in the second team [for Bayern Munich]."
Van Gaal has challenged Rashford "to show it in the third, fourth, fifth match," and the England youth international said: "It was my first game in the Premier League and it was amazing, and to score two was just a bonus. I just want to carry it on into the next game."

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