The restoration of Marcus Rashford is going nicely, plus the England right-back debate is back - The Warm-Up

FRIDAY'S BIG STORIES Marcus Rashford Is Recovering Ad It's exhausting, watching Manchester United. Everything that happens feels so heavy. When Omonia Nicosia's forwards caught Tyrell Malacia napping, broke into the United half, and took the lead, it should have just been one of those things… but it's never just one of those things.

Europa League'Impossible to play against' — Hargreaves praises Rashford after inspiring comeback12 HOURS AGO Season after season of underachievement, of chaos, of manager upon manager coming in and going out: it all adds up. Any normal big team conceding an early goal, hey, it happens. They'll sort things out.

With United, you know that they should, but you also wonder if you're watching the next chapter in the same cycle. You can almost hear the doom coming, just beyond the horizon. The thundering gallop of stampeding hot takes.

Once the crisis gets out, it takes a long time — sometimes years and years — to get it back in the stable again. Last night, against Omonia Nicosia, United did take care of it. Just about.

That they did so was due in large part to Marcus Rashford, and that, in turn, is perhaps a sign that Ten Hag is getting somewhere. Last season, Rashford was a hollowed-out shell of himself, a walking talking warning of what can happen to a footballer when the mind is cluttered. Some footballers have the first yard in their head.

Rashford seemed to be carrying around the first tackle. Two goals and one assist: two good finishes and one sweet touch. More importantly, perhaps, good decision after good decision.