DBasia.news – Manchester United won convincingly 5-0 over RB Leipzig in the second match of the Champions League group at Old Trafford.
Man United lost possession of last season’s Champions League semi-finalists by 47 per cent, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team played an efficient one with seven shots on target and five of them resulted in goals.
The goalscorer for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team were Marcus Rashford scoring a hat-trick of goals (74′, 78′, 90 + 2′), followed by goals from Mason Greenwood (21′) and Anthony Martial (87′ penalties). Rashford’s goal was quite special.
The 22-year-old striker according to Opta’s record is the fifth player in the club’s history to score a hat-trick for goals as a substitute. Within 27 minutes Rashford incised a hat-trick through Kylian Mbappe (38 minutes), Walter Pandiani (44 minutes), and Joseba Llorente (45 minutes).
Besides that, from the same record, Rashford also became the second player to score a hat-trick as a substitute (supersub). The manager, Solskjaer, who also had the nickname as a supersub in the era of Sir Alex Ferguson, was great.
Solskjaer did it when Man United faced Nottingham Forest in 1999 in the Premier League. “I think Marcus has shown that he can focus on what is important inside and outside the game,” Solskjaer said of Rashford.
In the next match in the Champions League, United will compete against Istanbul Basaksehir, Thursday (05/11). United can quickly secure a knockout ticket if they win the match.
“We have played against two very good teams (in the Champions League), two difficult matches but we have performed fantastically. We have used the squad well, we have also shown our quality,” added Solskjaer.
“If we focus on the next job, and the next job, and the next job, who knows how far this will go. We go to Istanbul next week wanting three points there too,” he explained.