'Gutted' Marcus Rashford sends message after substitution for Man United vs Porto

Marcus Rashford has described Manchester United’s Europa League draw with Porto as “bittersweet” having reached a club milestone in a game that saw the team’s winless run stretch to four matches.

More pressure is being honed on Erik ten Hag after his side surrendered a two-goal lead in Portugal before Harry Maguire’s stoppage-time header rescued a point during Thursday’s 3-3 tie after Bruno Fernandes' second-half red card. United have accumulated just two points out of a possible six in their opening two Europa League matches.

The draw also means that United have won just three of their first nine games of the season across all competitions, with the club yet to register a win since September 17. Failure to win on Sunday against Aston Villa would see the unwanted streak extend to over a month due to the upcoming international break.

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Questions are being asked of Ten Hag’s future and also of his decision to take off Rashford at half-time having netted the opener, to edge into United’s all-time top five European scorers, before assisting Rasmus Hojlund’s first goal of the campaign.

"We have to rotate," Ten Hag explained after full-time. "We go quickly with a turnaround to Villa and they have had a day longer to recover and we have an away game."

Rashford has been in better clinical form this season compared to the last, already on three goals and almost halfway to last term’s tally of eight. He now has 26 goals in 72 European outings.

Taking to social media after the game, Rashford explained that his personal goals milestone was diluted by the ultimate result