I regretted joining Manchester United, If they don’t let me go I promised to start scoring own goals – Marcus Rashford
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Marcus Rashford names his regret about Manchester United’s Europa League final appearance
Man Utd take on Villarreal in Gdansk as they look to win a first trophy under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
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Rashford in Gdansk before the final(Image: Manchester United via Getty Images)
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Marcus Rashford has admitted Manchester United have some regrets about their ill-fated Champions League campaign earlier this season.
United relinquished a good position in their Champions League group, after beating Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig, to finish third and drop into the Europa League knockout phase.
And although they have since gone on to reach the Europa League final — in which they will face Villarreal tonight — Rashford admitted United performed disappointingly in the Champions League.
He told UEFA how Ole Gunnar Solskjaer refocussed the United squad to then perform in the Europa League, inspiring them to two-legged wins over Real Sociedad, AC Milan, Granada and Roma to reach the final.
“We should have gone through top of the group and we let ourselves down,” Rashford said on the Champions League.
“So, whatever happened in the Champions League happened, and then you’re in the Europa League and it just takes you, maybe, a couple of days to refocus. We had a few team meetings where we’ve obviously got down and said to each other: ‘This is what we’re focused on now.’”
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Rashford named the stunning 6-2 victory over Roma in the semi-final first leg as United’s best performance in Europe this season.
He added: “We scored a goal, and then we went 2-1 down, and it’s very, very easy to panic in those games. And we didn’t. We came in at half-time and we were calm.
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