Paul Scholes questions Erik ten Hag over Marcus Rashford call – ‘Come on’

Paul Scholes has criticised Erik ten Hag's decision to bench Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford despite his recent scoring form.

Following a career-best haul of 30 goals in Ten Hag's first season at Old Trafford, Rashford's tally dipped dramatically last season as he hit the back of the net just eight times. The England international is already on the rebound this term, however, and recently scored three in two matches against Southampton and Barnsley - nearly half of last year's total.

Yet Rashford was relegated to a substitute's role in Saturday's goalless draw with Crystal Palace, a move that Scholes argues was a mistake by the manager. The former midfield stalwart argued United haven't got enough reliable forwards to risk casting aside one of their few stars in good form.

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"Manchester United are struggling going forward - they're struggling for goals," said the retired star during a recent appearance on The Overlap Fan Debate with Sky Bet (via The Mirror). "They’ve scored five goals and three of them were against Southampton, that probably tells you the forwards just aren’t good enough.

"Leaving Marcus Rashford out on Saturday was a strange one he's not scored for such a long time and suddenly, he comes and scores three goals in two games and he's not playing. He [Erik ten Hag] said it was rotation come on, do me a favour."

Alejandro Garnacho is United's joint-top scorer on three goals so far this term alongside Rashford, four if counting his strike in the Community Shield against Manchester City. However, Scholes