It is safe to say that at the start of the season, not many Manchester United fans could have predicted how well the side would go on do. As things stand, the Red Devils are in the middle of the Premier League title with Manchester City.
Things were not so rosy at the start of the season though. The club had suffered a 6-1 defeat at Old Trafford at the hands of Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur side and then went on to get knocked out from the Champions League in the group stage itself.
Since then, they have managed to turn things around and currently sit at second position in the Premier League table. It has been a long and arduous process for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men though, who have endured their fair share of failures and seemingly become stronger as a result of them.
Marcus Rashford appears to be of the same view. As reported by GOAL, the youngster said:
"“The disappointment of losing big games, it makes you tougher mentally and, physically, you know you can always give more and keep pushing yourself for the 90 minutes.“When you lose a big game, a semi-final or a final, it’s so disheartening when you’ve been training hard all week for it. If you’ve been in a tournament the whole season, and you get to the final and you lose, it’s like all that hard work you’ve put in was for nothing.“When that happens to you, you’re either going to go one way or the other. But the team and the staff have stuck together and I think we’ve shown by the way that we’re playing now that those experiences have helped us in a sense. We’ve progressed since those defeats and hopefully we can continue to do that.”"
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Manchester United look like a team transformed
Clearly both the players and the manager have come a long way over the past few years. And it is hard not to see why patience is a virtue in football. Solskjaer could have been sacked on multiple occasions by the board but they decided to stick with him. And now they are reaping the rewards of that trust.
There is still a long way to go for this team though. One can say that they have overachieved this season. Their performances have not been spectacular if you take out the wins against RB Leipzig, Leeds United and Southampton. But they seem to be finding ways to score when it matters and getting the job done. That is what matters at the end of the day.
Rashford himself has come a long way as both a player over the past few years. But we must also take note of what he has achieved off the pitch in recent times. He deserves all the praise in the world for that.