Paul Scholes reveals how Sir Alex Ferguson would deal with Marcus Rashford's poor form

Paul Scholes believes Marcus Rashford looks ‘too anxious’ for Manchester United and claims Sir Alex Ferguson would be urging the out-of-form forward to ‘keep it simple’.

Rashford’s struggles continued on Wednesday evening as he delivered another poor performance in United’s 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.

Ralf Rangnick is now facing calls from supporters to drop Rashford ahead of their Premier League clash with Watford this Saturday.

And Scholes feels Rashford’s desperation to make an impact is hampering his performances for United.

‘He looks too anxious for me, he looks like he is trying almost too hard,’ Scholes said on BT Sport.

‘Every time the ball comes to him he feels like he’s got to do produce something magical. That’s probably the worst thing you can do.

‘I always remember when going through a tough time the manager [Sir Alex Ferguson] always said keep it simple. Just work your way back into the game. He doesn’t seem to be able to do that. He is always thinking he has got to produce something.

‘We saw him get the ball 35 yards out, we were saying, ‘no don’t shoot’, because you know he takes a touch and smacks it miles over the bar.

‘He’s just got to calm himself down, work himself into the game and his form, eventually, will come back.

‘I don’t think he needs video clips [of his best performances], he needs somebody on the pitch to tell him.

‘Work hard, when we’ve not got the ball you sprint back, you get back into position, it’s that simple.

‘I don’t think he didn’t work hard tonight, it’s the anxiety in him that he thought he needed to produce something.

‘But if he had [influential] players next to him, we look at these players, we’ve said for a long time there’s a lack of leadership in