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Marcus Rashford Wins the EA Sports Player of the Month Award - January 2019
Marcus Rashford was awarded the Premier League Player for the month of January, while Solskjaer won the managerial award. It was the first time that Manchester United had swept both awards since Sir Alex and Berbatov both won in January 2011. While Solskjaer deserves all the accolades, Rashford has also been brilliant since the turn of the year.
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The English youngster scored 3 goals and also picked up one assist from 4 games in January. Rashford has been in fantastic form ever since Solskjaer took over and has developed into one of the most dangerous strikers in the Premier League this season.
His movement, speed and skills on the ball are frightening right now and Solskjaer has used Rashford's abilities extremely well. His goals against Spurs and Leicester City helped United get past rigid opponents and his partnership with Pogba has been devastating to the opposition so far.
The Englishman has been granted an unlimited license on the field and this has enabled him to turn into United's preferred striker to lead the line. Rashford has been so effective of late that he has successfully relegated United's No. 9 Lukaku to the bench.
As of now, Marcus Rashford has 10 goals and 7 assists from 30 games this season. At the start of February, he is the front runner to the Manchester United Player of the Year Award.
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