Erik ten Hag has slammed Premier League scheduling after Manchester United's young scorer Marcus Rashford hobbled out of their 2-0 victory over Everton.
Rashford will have a scan after experiencing groin pain. In response, ten Hag questioned why United was granted the noon Saturday game when they were supposed to play Newcastle last Sunday night. This made it three games in less than six days with a victory against Brentford crammed in.
‘I can’t say. I am not a doctor,’ said the United manager. ‘We have to wait how bad or how good is. Obviously, he went off with a complaint. We have to wait for it to be diagnosed and then we can see.’
This season, United has already played 49 games. There are still 16 games left in the league, Europa League, and FA Cup. Rashford has now made 52 appearances for his club and nation.
Ten Hag claimed that after first informing television that Rashford's prognosis may be "poor," the club now had to wait in suspense.
‘Some things you can’t avoid but this was avoidable. Why was the Premier League giving us the late late Sunday night game and the early Saturday game. I think it is not right,’ he said.
‘You run the risk that players can’t recover that quickly. All the science and research tells you the players need a certain period to recover. '
Ten Hag said that he had given Rashford some thought before he slowly hobbled off to the dressing room after 81 minutes, but he had preferred to have him accompany Anthony Martial, who had just recently returned from injury.
Instead, he attacked the administration for endangering players like Marcus Rashford.
'If it is one game after another, it accumulates.
‘We are now finding ourselves in this situation and now we can only pray he (Rashford) is not drooping off.
‘No manager at this stage of the season would rotate so much. It was not necessary to set the schedule like this and from a sporting point of view, we want freshness.’
Martial returned to score off the bench and could be important if Rashford is ruled out. ‘Now we have to keep him fit and he has to keep himself fit,’ said ten Hag. ‘He can be clinical.’
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