Once again, Marcus Rashford scored the winner for Manchester United in their must-win Premier League encounter with Brentford on Wednesday night. It may not have been pretty to watch, but three points were essential at Old Trafford. Now the Red Devils need to improve their away form.Erik Ten Hag’s team had only won one point in the away games at “Big Six” opponents – Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. In those games, they conceded 17 goals – of which seven came at Anfield. That’s not good enough for the team of United’s stature and ambitions.Rashford scored the only goal in that scrappy win and discussed the team’s need to improve their away results.”We created some decent chances against a team that is quite difficult to break down. They’ve shown that, I think that’s their first loss in 15 or 16 games. In the first half, we were solid and created chances. When you get the goal, it starts to open up a bit more, and we had better chances. There’s always a nice atmosphere in the dressing room after a 1-0 win because it means we’ve defended well throughout the game.”The 2-0 defeat in Newcastle left a dent in Manchester United’s confidence, so the result against the in-form Bees was even more satisfying. For Rashford, though, the burning issue is that the team isn’t doing so well on their Premier League travels this season.”After the last game, that’s what we needed, to keep a clean sheet. We’ve been good at home this season. There have been some away games when we’ve played some good football, but sometimes we’ve not got the result. But as always, the most important thing is getting the three points. We have to find a way to do that away from home and just try to get the ball rolling.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7153515##Only Napoli’s Victor Osimhen has more league goals in Europe’s top five leagues since the World Cup than Rashford, who has scored ten winners in the Premier League this season, the most by a Manchester United player in a campaign since Wayne Rooney in 2009/10. Having a player in such a good form is a good thing, but questions will remain about United’s over-reliance on Rashford. Ten Hag will hope United will build on their first Premier League win since winning the Carabao Cup in February.”It’s not acceptable what we did on Sunday. But against Brentford, that was the performance I expect and demand.”
