Manchester United’s Erik ten Hag and Marcus Rashford have won the Premier League’s manager and player of the month awards for September. After more than a sloppy start to season, Ten Hag has led the Red Devils to four consecutive league wins. Victories against Liverpool and Southampton in August preceded wins over Leicester and Arsenal this month. On the other hand, Marcus Rashford, 24, scored twice against Arsenal to push United in front.The fall of Van de Beek: Trains 10 hours a day and nothing; Pogba comes late, apologizes and playsIt’s awkward that Ten Hag became only the second Manchester United manager since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement to win the award, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer winning it in January 2019.His decision to move Rashford into a more central striking role has been a major factor in United’s improvement. “My favourite moment of September was an assist, actually,” said Rashford. “It was for Antony’s first goal, on his debut. It was a massive moment, and it gave us strength and courage. Seeing him come into the team and score right away was massively important.”Rashford, who also scored in the victory over Liverpool in August, picks up his first player-of-the-month award since January 2019.Real Madrid after the goal-abiding CityzenHe added: “It’s a good feeling. We didn’t start the season so strongly, so to get four wins on the bounce is really good.”It’s still fairly new with the manager, and we’ve got much better at doing the things he wants us to. But there are still a lot of steps to take and we’re all looking forward to doing that together.”However, not all United players are thriving under Ten Hag’s guidance. For Harry Maguire, these last couple of months have been dreadful. He was benched rightfully and hasn’t seen a lot of action ever since.Harry Maguire’s free fall continues – he is no better than the stopper of the worst team in the Premier LeagueMaguire, who has lost his United place, suffered further misery on Monday in England’s 3-3 draw with Germany, giving away a penalty before suffering a hamstring injury. That injury has ruled Maguire out of Sunday’s Manchester derby, but Ten Hag said he still has faith in Maguire, despite having dropped the 29-year-old centre-back.”First of all, of course, I have to coach him and back him, but I back him because I believe in him,” said Ten Hag.##NAJAVA_MECA_6686227##”In the period I worked with him in pre-season, he was good, really good in training and in games. I can see his qualities even when he’s not in the team. When he’s trained, the quality was there. You see his career, his caps for England for Leicester and for Manchester United, he performed really well.”He has high potential and then it’s about him. The players, the coaches, the manager, we believe in him and that’s what I told him. I’m sure he can do it and turn it around, “concluded Ten Hag.PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 9Saturday14:30: (2.15) Arsenal (3.50) Tottenham (3.60)17:00: (2.35) Southampton (3.35) Everton (3.40)17:00: (3.05) Fulham (3.35) Newcastle (2.50)17:00: (4.80) Crystal Palace (3.50) Chelsea (1.91)17:00: (1.42) Liverpool (4.80) Brighton (8.50)17:00: (3.40) Bournemouth (3.35) Brentford (2.30)19:30: (2.04) West Ham (3.50) Wolverhampton (4.10)Sunday16:00: (1.40) Man.City (5.30) Man.Utd. (8.00)18:30: (2.45) Leeds (3.40) Aston Villa (3.05)Monday22:00: (1.80) Leicester (3.70) Nott.Forest (5.00)***odds are subject to change***
