Hansi Flick reacts as Marcus Rashford strike pushes club closer to La Liga title

Beyond his goal, Rashford made two key passes and found a Barcelona teammate with one of the long balls he pinged.

The England international touched the ball 18 times and made four carries. He won just two of the six ground duels he delved into.

After the final whistle, Flick hailed Rashford’s “important” goal, but played down suggestions that the title is already secured.

Flick’s reaction

The German coach said, “Marcus came on in the second half and he used the space they give us.”

“We spoke about this at half time. I am happy for the team, for us and also for him that he scored this goal because it was so important for him and also for us.”

On winning the league, Flick remarked, “We [only] celebrate the victory. It’s different. I said to the team before the game, we only focus on the day to day, on our job, what we have to do. When we play like this, I am really happy. I appreciate a lot what we do with the ball, but also against the ball. It’s not easy here, but today was nearly perfect.”

“[The title] is not done. We have five games more and we focus only on the next game. We will celebrate when it’s time, not now.”

Rashford is now up to 13 goals across all competitions for Barcelona this term. Yet, the Catalan giants are yet to clearly indicate whether or not they will sign him permanently. There have been suggestions that they will send him back to United rather than exercise the £26m buy option.

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