There’s Rashford and Fernandes, how come Martial took the penalty?



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Anthony Martial became the executor of the penalty when Manchester United shaved RB Leipzig 5-0. Although in the field, there are Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes.

MU continued their strong start in the Champions League when they hosted Leipzig at Old Trafford on Thursday (10/29/2020) at the WIB in the morning. Mason Greenwood scored the first goal for MU in the 21st minute.

However, MU could only score goals in the second half, to be precise in the 76th minute when Rashford and Fernandes played. Both turned out to be substitutes, Rashford played in the 63rd minute while Fernandes played five minutes later.

After putting MU 2-0 up, Rashford scored his second goal per individual action in the 78th minute. MU received a penalty in the 87th minute when Martial was brought down in the forbidden area.

With Rashford already on the roster twice, there is a strong chance that he will score a hat-trick if he takes the penalty. However, Rashford gave the ball to Martial, which was completed as his team’s fourth goal.

Rashford was finally able to score a hat-trick in injury time and solidify his team’s victory. MU fans certainly wondered why Martial was named executor even though MU has Fernandes, who has a good penalty record.

Not to mention, there’s also Rashford, who can hit a faster hat-trick. In this regard, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as coach said that Martial had been conspired from the beginning as the penalty taker in this match, along with Paul Pogba, who had been withdrawn first.

“Before the game, I said that Anthony Martial would take the penalty and that’s it,” Solksjaer said. Manchester evening news.

“If you look at the line-up of the players, it will be Antho or Paul Pogba who will take the penalty. Paul at that time has been withdrawn,” he continued.

(mrp / krs)


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