Ten Hag Confident He Can Bring The Best From Sancho And Rashford

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag feels he can bring out the best in young attackers Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford.

Ten Hag gained a reputation for nurturing and developing young players at Ajax and he believes he can do the same for Rashford, 24, and Sancho, 22. “I will give my 100 per cent for that, but we have to work hard," said Ten Hag.

“I have to work hard with my players, I'm confident that they can do it, now they have to believe that as well. You see it when you bring it on the pitch and you can see the impact they can have.

“I was really happy that they scored the two goals, because I hoped that it will give them the push that they can do the hard work and contribute in defending and pressing, but also contribute to creating chances and taking chances, which is what they are really good at. It's about when they believe that they will do it."

On Rashford getting back to his best, Ten Hag said: “I was convinced about that from the first moment in pre-season. He impressed me and I knew already before that he was a magnificent talent and player. He showed in every training session he's positive, has good energy and in pre- season he was good.

“I hope he will carry on like this and be positive and, with his movements, he will create chances, the team will create him chances and he has to believe that the team will do that. Then it's about getting the right finish, but I'm convinced that he can stay with that belief.

“I think he can play every role, as you saw last Monday. But I think it was really good to make that substitution, with Anthony Martial and moving Marcus to the left, because we know his inside runs are really dangerous and we saw that with the second goal."