Erik ten Hag may need to find Manchester United's next match winner amid Marcus Rashford injury scare

As Manchester United prepare to welcome Sevilla to Old Trafford on Thursday, Erik ten Hag will be sweating on the fitness of Marcus Rashford.

At 1-0 up against Everton on Saturday and on course for three more points, the Dutchman decided to keep Rashford on in the hope that he and Anthony Martial - who came off the bench on 60 minutes - could reignite their relationship upfront. They did exactly that, capitalising on a Seamus Coleman mistake for the Frenchman to tap home a second.

But when Rashford pulled up, signalling to the bench and holding his groin 10 minutes later, Ten Hag's heart will have dropped with the rest of the Old Trafford crowd. The 25-year-old found time to give a young Red his shirt but cut a forlorn figure limping towards the tunnel, fear intensifying with each sheepish step.

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United have been over-reliant on Rashford's goals this season and Ten Hag has not hidden away from that. The forward has netted 28 of his side's 86 goals across all competitions - equal to almost a third. Of those 28, 10 have been winners.

He has scored almost three times anyone else at the club, Bruno Fernandes the only other player on double figures with 10. And while that is testament to the season Rashford is having, it is also a concern both when he is kept quiet - as happened in the three goalless league games before last week's win against Brentford - and in the instance he gets injured.

United have not confirmed the severity of Rashford's injury, but Ten Hag admitted after Saturday's win that it 'doesn't look well' and the Reds boss could have an almighty task on his hands in replacing those goals.

It makes the sustained fitness of Martial all the more