Jose Mourinho has revealed Marcus Rashford has grown three centimetres in the past year as the Manchester United striker put his increased physicality to good use by scoring twice in a 5-2 win over LA Galaxy. <\/p>\n
Rashfords exploits upstaged Romelu Lukaku after the Belgium striker missed a glorious chance to score four minutes into his United debut at the StubHub Centre, but Mourinho offered a robust defence of his new 90 million recruit. <\/p>\n
He didnt score goals but he played better than the ones who did score goals, the United manager said. <\/p>\n
It is doubtful Mourinho meant Rashford, who scored with two fine finishes but should have claimed a hat-trick after missing an excellent opportunity late in the first half before making way for Lukaku at half-time when the manager made 11 changes. <\/p>\n
Rashford is sporting a significantly more muscular frame and Mourinho explained that, as well as bulking up, the 19 year-old has also grown since he took charge at the club in May last year. <\/p>\n
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