Unai Emery said Marcus RashfordThe performance of the bench in the 2-1 victory of Aston Villa against Chelsea on Saturday was “fantastic” and reiterated the need for the club to “support” their advantage in front so that it can return to its best eye-catching.
Rashford joined Villa on loan from Manchester United until the end of the season on February 2 after being frozen from the Ruben Amorim team and made three appearances for his new club while he reconstructs his physical form and his trust.
The 27 -year -old replaced Jacob Ramsey At the half-time of the Saturday match with Villa according to the London west club after Enzo Fernández pushed Pedro NetoLow cross. But the introduction of Rashford inspired the hosts to a return victory when he recorded assists for the two new recruits Marco AsensioGoals in the second half.
When he was asked how he approached Rashford training since his arrival at the club, the boss of Villa Unai Emery told Sky Sports: “Support it. Help it. Try it (put it) At ease here.
“Of course, he played 45 fantastic minutes. And it’s really the only thing. We want to try to be coherent through him, in our team and on our way, we are going to do (that). But he’s going to be Hopefully it, very important as today.
Sources have told ESPN that the agreement that saw Rashford join Villa on loan until the end of the campaign includes an option to make the transfer permanent.
Villa midfielder Youri Tielemans said the team had benefited from the arrival of Rashford in the Midlands.
“Listen, Marcus is someone, he can threaten anyone (against) one, even one (against) two, he is very important for us in the way he plays, because he gives us something on this side left “, Tielemans says. “Today, whenever he got the ball, he was dangerous.”
The victory supported the hopes of the villa of a place in the Champions League next season while Emery’s men went up to seventh row on the board on 42 points, one behind Chelsea who fell to sixth row.
Rob Dawson of information from Reuters and ESPN contributed to this report
