Video: 1 goal, 3 key passes: United loanee finally ends drought in impressive display in cup tie

Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford was in cup action last night for FC Barcelona as they took on CD Guadalajara. To check where all of Manchester United’s loanees are playing this year, click here. Slowed down Rashford has enjoyed a successful loan spell so far at the Camp Nou. He has scored seven goals and provided 11 assists across all competitions this season for the Catalans. Nonetheless, he had not scored since the start of November against Elche CF. Drought over This changed last night, though, as he bagged Barcelona’s second goal of the night to secure passage to the next round. He was played in on goal, rounded the keeper, and fired a left-footed shot into the net in the final minute of the game to break the brave resistance from the home side. In the 51st minute, he snuck in at the back post but his effort was stopped on the line. His best chance came just moments before, though, when he was played one-on-one versus the keeper but could not lift it over him. The forward had a total of four shots on goal, with every single one hitting the target. What’s more, he had three key passes in the match and completed an impressive 88% of his passing attempts. He was less successful taking players on, though, as he was only successful in completing one of his four dribble attempts. Rashford also failed to influence the match in a defensive way, completing just one of his six ground duels. The Englishman will next be in action when Barcelona travel to CF Villarreal in their final game before the winter break in Spain. Marcus Rashford stats vs CD Guadalajara MetricValue Goals1 Assists0 Total shots4 Shots on target4 Shots blocked0 Big chances missed2 Touches67 Unsuccessful touches5 Dribbles (successful)4 (1) Possession lost19 Key passes3 Crosses (accurate)7 (3) Accurate passes37 / 42 (88%) Passes in opposition half (accurate)35 / 39 (90%) Passes in own half (accurate)2 / 3 (67%) Long balls (accurate)1 / 1 (100%) Tackles (won)0 (0) Interceptions0 Clearances0 Blocked shots0 Recoveries2 Ground duels (won)6 (1) Fouls2 Featured image Alex Caparros via Getty Images The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Alex Browne Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Alex has a Master’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast and La Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Having lived in the country since 2011, Alex is The Peoples Person’s Spanish football expert and is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan. He dreams of witnessing a United captain triumphantly hoisting the Premier League and Champions League trophy in the air once more.