Ruben Amorim makes Marcus Rashford claim after Manchester United win

Ruben Amorim agreed Marcus Rashford showed "he wanted it" by scoring a brace in Manchester United's dominant 4-0 victory over Everton on Sunday.

Amorim said when asked about Rashford at his press conference last week: "We'll try to find the right solution for him but he has to be Marcus, first of all, to try to return to that moment."

He added that Rashford "has to be the first one to want it" and the United academy graduate responded to that challenge by scoring an impressive brace against Everton.

Rashford scored the first goal of Amorim's tenure when finding the net after just 81 seconds against Ipswich Town at Portman Road and now has seven goals in all competitions.

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Amorim was asked whether Rashford's performance against Everton was an example of him "wanting it" and responded: "Yeah, yeah... he can do so much. He has to continue to improve.

"He has the ability to do that but he can play so much better, like the other guys. It was a good performance, tomorrow he has to recover and start thinking about Arsenal."

Zirkzee also scored twice on Sunday and Amorim discussed his display. "First thing, I need all the players to cope with all the games and he’s one of them. I just try to put my players in good positions for their characteristics," he said.

"It would have been really hard, even for Rasmus [Hojlund], to fight with the two centre-backs of Everton, so we try and push them to a position that they weren’t so comfortable and Josh did a great job.

"He scored two goals, which is always important for the confidence. But more important than that was his performance because he fought in every