{"id":73041,"date":"2025-09-19T08:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/73041\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:05:08","slug":"marcus-rashford-sends-message-after-double-alejandro-garnacho-antony-and-rasmus-hojlund-and-ex-man-utd-coach-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/73041\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Rashford sends message after double, Alejandro Garnacho, Antony and Rasmus Hojlund and ex-Man Utd coach respond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford is the hero of Barcelona after his sensational brace in the Champions League.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a relatively low-key start in Spain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/marcus-rashford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcus Rashford<\/a> exploded into life for Barcelona on English soil, to inspire a win over Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>Rashford scored two second half goals for Barcelona, netting a header, and then an unstoppable strike from outside the box.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first ever time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/marcus-rashford-has-just-managed-what-he-never-did-in-a-manchester-united-shirt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rashford had scored a brace against Newcastle<\/a> in his career.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"807\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235584517-1024x807.jpg\" alt=\"Newcastle United FC v FC Barcelona - UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 League Phase MD1\" class=\"wp-image-298266\" \/>Photo by Lee Parker \u2013 CameraSport via Getty ImagesReaction to Marcus Rashford goals<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/marcus-rashfords-barcelona-impact-vs-newcastle-has-man-utd-fans-all-reacting-in-powerful-way-a-scary-amount-of\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United fans<\/a> know what Rashford is capable of when he is on his game, even if it has been a while since we saw him hit these heights.<\/p>\n<p>Rashford posted a message on Instagram following his match-winning turn, expressing his excitement with his big performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat way to kick off the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/championsleague\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@championsleague<\/a>\u00a0\u2728\u26bd\ufe0f\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffe \ud83d\udc49\ud83d\ude42,\u201d he posted.<\/p>\n<p>But the real story was the responses, with several of his past Manchester United connections reaching out.<\/p>\n<p>From \u2018Bomb squad\u2019 members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/alejandro-garnacho\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alejandro Garnacho<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/antony\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antony<\/a>, to fellow forwards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/rasmus-hojlund\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rasmus Hojlund <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ethan-wheatley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Wheatley<\/a>, there were a huge number of replies to his post.<\/p>\n<p>There was even one from former United striker coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/benni-mccarthy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benni McCarthy<\/a>, who Rashford worked with at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/training-ground\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carrington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li><strong>Rasmus Hojlund:<\/strong> Well done Marcus\u2764\ufe0f<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alejandro Garnacho: <\/strong>Wow! \ud83e\udd29 \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\ude4e\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/li>\n<li><strong>Antony:<\/strong> \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ethan Wheatley: <\/strong>\ud83d\ude0d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benni McCarthy: <\/strong>Very Special bro \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\udd25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/bruno-fernandes-sends-immediate-reaction-to-marcus-rashford-display-for-barcelona-vs-newcastle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno Fernandes also reached out<\/a> on Instagram stories to post a series of emojis, showing his admiration for the Manchester United loanee.<\/p>\n<p>The volume and speed of the comments show how highly regarded Rashford is by his peers.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Rashford praised on TNT Sports<\/p>\n<p>The pundit reaction on the UK television coverage paid major tribute to Marcus Rashford\u2019s contribution.<\/p>\n<p>Ally McCoist commented: \u201cThe man of the match for the two goals, Rashford\u2019s second in particular was out of this world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fellow analyst Joe Cole said:\u00a0\u201cHe was sensational. We\u2019ve not seen it consistently, but we know the quality this lad has got. It\u2019s great to see him playing with a smile on his face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rashford\u2019s goals were watched by England boss Thomas Tuchel in the crowd at St James Park, who will be delighted to see him return to form.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford is the hero of Barcelona after his sensational brace in the Champions League.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,50057,15,16,25141,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-73041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-latest-news","17":"tag-latestnews","18":"tag-loan-players","19":"tag-main-news","20":"tag-mainnews","21":"tag-marcus-rashford","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-top-stories","24":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}