Man-of-the-moment Marcus Rashford speaks! “I just tried to keep a cool head. It’s the sort of thing you practice every day, I wanted to take it. The wait before was the hardest thing, but we live for those sort of moments, and we were smiling after.” That’s pretty much all I could make out of the interview, as Ashley Young was in the background screaming in the excitable style. Fair enough, if you can’t interrupt the post-match banalities after a game like that, when can you?
We Believed ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/KRLAv4zwdt— Marcus Rashford (@MarcusRashford) March 6, 2019
Manchester United made Champions League history as Marcus Rashford’s last-gasp penalty secured a 3-1 win away to Paris Saint-Germain, sending the English side through on away goals after a 2-0 loss in the first leg.
No side had ever progressed in a knockout match in Europe’s elite competition after losing a home first leg by two or more goals, but United did the unthinkable, Rashford adding to Romelu Lukaku’s brace after VAR drama.
Although PSG controlled the first half, seeing 76 per cent of the ball, Thilo Kehrer and Gianluigi Buffon were guilty of gifting the in-form Lukaku two goals either side of Juan Bernat’s equaliser, meaning United led at the break.
The touch of a #UCL quarter-finalist 👌
What a night for @MarcusRashford! 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/Ux2HA2FPxH— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 6, 2019
PSG looked as though they had done enough, but with the use of technology, Presnel Kimpembe was penalised for handball and Rashford emphatically dispatched the opportunity, seeing the Ligue 1 team eliminated at the last-16 stage for a third year in succession.