Rashford’s emotional involvement dropped in Villa win, says Ralf Rangnick

• ‘After 30 minutes he got worse,’ admits Manchester United coach
• ‘Does he need a helping hand? What does that take?’

Ralf Rangnick has admitted Marcus Rashford’s emotional involvement dropped after the opening 30 minutes of Manchester United’s FA Cup win over Aston Villa but the interim manager believes the forward and the rest of his squad do have the correct attitude.

Rashford appeared out of form and lacking mental sharpness during Monday’s 1-0 win. Later in the week Cristiano Ronaldo discussed how younger players cannot be forced to listen to advice from senior ones such as himself and talked about the mentality required to be an elite footballer. The Portuguese stated he was talking generally and did not name any teammates but Rangnick was asked to assess the squad’s mentality.

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