Jose Mourinho hails Marcus Rashford’s physical evolution – ‘He’s three centimetres taller with muscle’ – Telegraph.co.uk

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.

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.

He didnt score goals but he played better than the ones who did score goals, the United manager said.

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.

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.

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Jose Mourinho hails Marcus Rashford's physical evolution - 'He's three centimetres taller with muscle' - Telegraph.co.uk