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Manchester United went toe-to-toe with Barcelona in a barnstorming first leg of their Europa League knockout section tie final night time.
Marcus Rashford scored one and made one in one other blistering particular person show which secured a 2-2 draw within the Camp Nou, placing United within the field seat for the return leg, subsequent week.
The efficiency delighted former Crimson, Paul Scholes, who mischievously mentioned United are on monitor to comb the board of trophies this season in his post-match response with BT Sport.
“The quadruple remains to be on!” 🏆
Is Paul Scholes proper, may this Man United facet do the quadruple? 🤔#UEL pic.twitter.com/Pdr3iTLmND
— Soccer on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) February 16, 2023
When offered with United’s subsequent run of fixtures, which incorporates key video games in 4 totally different competitions, Scholes made the declare United can win the lot.
“The quadruple remains to be on!” he quipped.
The tongue in cheek response was adopted up Scholes insisting he isn’t jesting about United’s quadruple probabilities however nonetheless in a considerably sarcastic tone.
Nevertheless, Scholes was extra critical in his evaluation of the significance of the following batch video games dealing with Erik ten Hag and his facet.
“Look, each sport is an enormous sport now” he mentioned.
United play Leicester within the Premier League this Sunday earlier than the mouth-watering second leg of the Barca tie subsequent Thursday (twenty third April), which is adopted by the Carabao Cup closing in opposition to Newcastle on Sunday (twenty sixth April).
Then comes a midweek FA Cup fifth spherical tie at house to West Ham (1st March), earlier than the ever necessary journey to Anfield the next weekend (fifth March).
If United have been to efficiently navigate their method by this group of video games, they are going to be in line for an vastly thrilling finish to the season, with a trophy within the bag.
The mere reality United are even within the dialog for a trophy, or 4, this season, is testomony to the spectacular job Erik ten Hag has completed since arriving at Outdated Trafford.
The horrendous finish to final season, coupled with back-to-back defeats initially of this marketing campaign, left Ten Hag with a mountain to climb.
Since then United have rediscovered their type, underlined by their fantastic show in Spain final night time which leaves them favourites to complete the job in Manchester.
