Erik ten Hag has had to make some difficult calls as Manchester United manager, but on the day he dropped Marcus Rashford he needed the kind of win that suggested this is a coach who knows exactly what he is doing.

Erik ten Hag has praised Marcus Rashford’s resilience after the forward’s return to goalscoring form for Manchester United. Rashford, 26, had gone 12 matches without scoring for his side prior to his goal against Southampton last weekend.