Manchester United’s Jadon Sancho is heading ‘in the right direction’ after his display against Leicester – Erik ten Hag

The win, which noticed two objectives from Marcus Rashford and one from Sancho, took United simply three factors behind Manchester Metropolis within the Premier League desk.

Sancho, who not too long ago frolicked coaching away from the first-team squad, has now scored two objectives in three league video games.

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“He’s in the precise course. He doesn’t know his limits and there is a variety of area for enchancment, although already he’s at a excessive stage,” Ten Hag mentioned on Sancho after the match.

Rashford has additionally been in positive type for United, along with his brace taking his purpose tally to 24 in all competitions this season.

“The crew is placing Rashford in the precise positions, particularly Bruno [Fernandes], he creates what number of passes, he offers behind, he crosses in. Not solely Bruno, however I feel he’s doing a fantastic job.

“We want all gamers in type, however we now have to comply with the ideas of our means of play and if we try this, we are able to play very properly.”

When requested about being within the title race, the Dutchman mentioned: “We do not take into consideration that, we take into consideration tomorrow, we now have to be a greater model of ourselves and that’s what we now have to work for. We’re in February, do not look far forward.”

Rashford echoed his supervisor’s assertion, saying: “We’re shut, however each groups in entrance of us [Arsenal and Manchester City] are good groups and enjoying good soccer. We’ve got to only give attention to ourselves, do in addition to we are able to and hold choosing up factors.

“It is nonetheless early within the season, we’re preventing for lots of various issues, and we now have one other large recreation within the week to hopefully undergo to the subsequent spherical of the Europa League after which an enormous recreation for us [against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final].

“I do not really feel like slowing down and all the time wish to enhance.”

Leicester supervisor Brendan Rodgers additionally spoke after the loss, saying: “The possibilities had been there however we simply could not fairly put them away. Generally that is the best way it goes for you.

“We’ve got proven that we now have obtained our goal-scoring and creativity again from the final two video games.

“Right now it simply wasn’t to be however we created probabilities and if we may have taken one or two of these within the first half, it will have been a unique recreation.”