Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford played a key role for Aston Villa as they earned a valuable point at home against table leaders Liverpool on Wednesday evening. Mohamed Salah gave the

It was two months, 59 days to be exact, of being frozen out at Manchester United in what seemed like at times a campaign to dispense of Rashford. Ruben Amorim consistently brought up Rashford’s demeanour, standards in training and appeared to have no time for sulking.

Morgan Rogers had just scored Aston Villa’s second in the 2-1 FA Cup victory against Tottenham Hotspur and Villa’s players had gathered to the left of the Holte End, a cacophony encompassing them, but Emery remained fixated on preparing his two substitutes.

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery believes Marcus Rashford is “adapting fantastically” after handing the forward his first start for the Midlands club in last night’s thrilling 2-2 draw with