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Marcus Rashford was left on the bench for Manchester United's trip to Wolves, despite scoring two goals in two games after returning from the World Cup; 25-year-old confirmed reason behind disciplinary axe was oversleeping and arriving late to a team meeting
Marcus Rashford has revealed he was left out of Erik ten Hag's Manchester United starting line-up against Wolves after oversleeping and arriving late to a team meeting.
The Dutchman left Rashford on the bench for the trip to Molineux, despite the 25-year-old scoring two goals in two games after returning from the World Cup.
He was introduced as a half-time substitute, however, and went on to score the winning goal, before having a second ruled out for handball after a VAR review.
Ten Hag was also questioned on the decision to leave Rashford out.
In his post-match interview, he said: "After the decision, he came in, he was bright, he was lively, he scored a goal - that is the right reaction.
"Of course [that is the end of the matter], but everyone has to match rules and values and, if you react like this, this is the right answer."
The United boss was questioned further in his press conference on whether it sent a reminder to the squad to keep their standards high.
"That is how it has to be," Ten Hag added. "We are a team that is hard to beat but that is because we are attacking with 11 and defending with 11.
"That is because everyone is following the rules. If you don't do that anymore, if you don't follow the rules, it flows onto the pitch.
"I was not satisfied with the performance [before Rashford was introduced]. I think we had chances. We created them but we didn't [take them].
"I think we have to be more clinical in front of goal. We know Rashy can score the goals and he did.
"It is a responsibility for individual players, some were not ready. If not front foot and focused you have problems."
Marcus Rashford has revealed he was left out of Erik ten Hag's Manchester United starting line-up against Wolves after oversleeping and arriving late to a team meeting.
The Dutchman left Rashford on the bench for the trip to Molineux, despite the 25-year-old scoring two goals in two games after returning from the World Cup.
He was introduced as a half-time substitute, however, and went on to score the winning goal, before having a second ruled out for handball after a VAR review.
Ten Hag was also questioned on the decision to leave Rashford out.
In his post-match interview, he said: "After the decision, he came in, he was bright, he was lively, he scored a goal - that is the right reaction.
"Of course [that is the end of the matter], but everyone has to match rules and values and, if you react like this, this is the right answer."
The United boss was questioned further in his press conference on whether it sent a reminder to the squad to keep their standards high.
"That is how it has to be," Ten Hag added. "We are a team that is hard to beat but that is because we are attacking with 11 and defending with 11.
"That is because everyone is following the rules. If you don't do that anymore, if you don't follow the rules, it flows onto the pitch.
"I was not satisfied with the performance [before Rashford was introduced]. I think we had chances. We created them but we didn't [take them].
"I think we have to be more clinical in front of goal. We know Rashy can score the goals and he did.
"It is a responsibility for individual players, some were not ready. If not front foot and focused you have problems."