Erik ten Hag praised Marcus Rashford after he scored twice in Manchester United's 7-0 victory over Barnsley.

Rashford and another player both scored twice, while another player scored from the penalty spot, marking Ten Hag's biggest win as manager.

This was also United's largest margin of victory since their 9-0 win in February 2021 under former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Ten Hag said, 'Not for me but for the team, this is the perfect night.

I think we could do everything that we planned to do; how we win, next round, scored some great goals, entertained the fans, we worked on our game model so we are happy.

'Ten Hag rotated his squad against League One Barnsley, making eight changes from the team that beat Southampton 3-0 on Saturday.

Rashford was one of three players to keep his place and followed up his goal at the weekend with another two.

It was the first time the England forward had scored more than one goal in a game since scoring twice in a win over Leicester in February 2023.

Ten Hag added, 'I know from my first season here that when he scores, then for the team, it's more easy.

When you have a player in your squad who is a guarantee for goals, then it can make the difference.

You can do a lot of things very well between the boxes but football matches are decided in the box.

'United have bounced back from their defeat by scoring 10 goals without conceding against Southampton and Barnsley.

Ten Hag said, 'I was not devastated after Liverpool and I am not celebrating now.

It is an ever-ending process.

I know where I want to go, in which direction.

I know we have a lot of speed, dynamic and we have seen this today and we have players capable of dominating possession.

We have to work even harder to get all the stages of the game right.

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