Manchester United’s loanees had another busy afternoon and evening of action yesterday.
After scoring his second senior goal midweek, Rhys Bennett once again started for Fleetwood Town in their 1-1 draw with Port Vale.
He made seven clearances in the match and completed two tackles.
The 21 year old made one vital intervention as he made a last-ditch tackle as the last man to stop an almost certain goal for the visitors that was well-appreciated by the home crowd.
He won three out of his six ground duels and five out of his ten aerial battles in a combative performance that has come to define his excellent spell at Fleetwood.
Bennett also completed 70% of his passes and four out of his nine long ball attempts.
Ethan Williams was also given a start for Cheltenham Town in their disappointing 0-1 home defeat to Colchester United.
He played 61 minutes of action and in despite of his recent impactful form, he only completed five passes during his entire time on the pitch.
Williams did complete one key pass but only one of his four crosses were met by a teammate.
In spite of his lack of involvement in the match, he proved he still carries a danger at all times as he unluckily hit the woodwork.
Marcus Rashford came on in the 68th minute against Brentford and helped his side to an impressive 1-0 victory.
He couldn’t manage any shots on target in the match and only completed four passes during the whole time he was on the pitch.
The 27 year old won two out of his three ground duels and also made two clearances to help his side see out the match, even if he was rather invisible from an attacking perspective.
Joe Hugill was sent on for the final 24 minutes of Carlisle United’s 0-1 loss to Harrogate Town.
He didn’t manage any shots on goal and only completed four passes in the game.
Hugill also completed one ground and aerial duel in his afternoon’s work.
Tyrell Malacia played the final minute of PSV Eindhoven’s 2-1 win over Heerenveen.
James Nolan played 70 minutes for Inverness Caledonian Thistle as they beat Dumbarton 1-0 with a late winner.
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Alex Browne
Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Proud owner of such niche shirts such as Kleberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Gary Neville. Grew up pretending to be Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the back garden, with little success.
