Rashford: ‘We have more leaders now than we did 2 years ago’

Speaking about the importance of having leaders in the squad, Marcus Rashford said: “As soon as we go out on the training pitch, that is when we can be together and have to do a lot of the work because the small things which would happen in the normal settings of a changing room, like conversations and the lessons you would have learned off some of the older players, that has been taken away from us.

“There are things which have happened where if you don't come out and be a leader, someone that the squad can look to in difficult moments, then it will continue to happen.

“We have to show we are ready to fight for what we want -- and what we all want is success. We are more ready now than we were two years ago in terms of leaders on the pitch and ready to fight for trophies.

“We are in the FA Cup and [have] the Premier League left, so we have to try to go and win both of them trophies, and just do our best to continue improving.”

Man United have looked more resilient and hungrier this season, resulting in a lot of gritty wins to take us to the top of the Premier League table. But the players realize that there’s still a lot of work to do to win silverware and the Red Devils must keep improving as a unit to stay in the title race and win the championship in May.