ERIK TEN HAG warned Marcus Rashford to prepare for talks over his dismal form.
That’s after the Manchester United striker’s body language was slammed in a dreadful display against Newcastle.
Rashford barely touched the ball as United crashed to a 1-0 defeat at St James’ Park on Saturday.
The Red Devils were second best in all areas of the field.
But they were particularly poor up top, with Anthony Martial and Rashford both failing to keep the press on Toon’s marauding defenders.
Martial even had an on-field shouting match with Ten Hag as he responded to criticism from his boss.
And both men were marched off the field on the hour mark moments after United fell behind to an Anthony Gordon strike.
But it was Rashford who came under fire the most, with his display leaving pundits and fans annoyed.
And Ten Hag vowed to have talks behind the scenes over the striker’s form, telling TNT Sports: “I will talk to him and not the media.
“I know this issue’s coming up and Marcus is investing a lot. We support him and he will return to his form.
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“I repeat myself: he works hard and he’s investing a lot, he will get back, he will recover and he gets all our support.
“I don’t go into individual performances.”
TNT Sports pundit Jemaine Jenas certainly wasn’t impressed with Rashford.
He said: “I think it was poor, I think his body language was shocking throughout the game, I really do.
“There have been too many moments like this and throwing his arms about.
“I think he is sending a message to his manager almost like ‘I don’t want to play out here’.
“He is looking at [Alejandro] Garnacho on the left, and it’s criminal putting your team under that type of pressure by not doing your duties as a wide man and tracking back.
“It’s clear as well, [Tino] Livramento knows that he does not want to go with him. He’s never there and it’s time and time again.
“He has no interest in tracking him back and [Harry] Maguire and [Luke] Shaw are constantly coming to the rescue due to the ineptitude of the wide players.”
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