{"id":296300,"date":"2023-12-08T11:25:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T11:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=296300"},"modified":"2023-12-08T11:25:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T11:25:29","slug":"shaw-rejects-claim-he-doesnt-think-united-stars-should-be-in-first-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/shaw-rejects-claim-he-doesnt-think-united-stars-should-be-in-first-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaw rejects claim he doesn&apos;t think United stars should be in first XI"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Luke Shaw hits back at claims he doesn&#8217;t think Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial should be in Man United&#8217;s starting XI after appearing to like a Tweet, in a now-deleted post<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Man United grabbed a vital win against Chelsea at Old Trafford on Wednesday\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial were dropped to the bench for the clash\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>United are three points behind City\u2026 a league table can LIE. There are chasms between them &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Luke Shaw has denied supporting calls for two of his Manchester United teammates to be omitted from the starting XI.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side grabbed a much-needed win against Chelsea in midweek, having made changes to their frontline after a dismal performance against Newcastle last weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the coverage, former Red Devil Patrice Evra said on Amazon Prime Sport: &#8216;I think it will be tough for Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial\u00a0to come back into the starting eleven.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, eagle-eyed fans noticed that Shaw had liked a social media post containing Evra&#8217;s quote, which led to rampant speculation he endorsed the message.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the England international has moved to distance himself from the comments and responded to a now-deleted post from a United fan account.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/09\/78728797-12840947-image-a-1_1702026476231.jpg\" height=\"497\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Luke Shaw has denied that he believes Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial shouldn&#8217;t be in Manchester United&#8217;s starting XI<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/09\/78728825-12840947-image-a-3_1702026494850.jpg\" height=\"880\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The United defender responded to a club fan account in a now-deleted social media post<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/09\/78728805-12840947-image-a-4_1702026504077.jpg\" height=\"479\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Patrice Evra had said that Rashford and Martial would find it &#8216;tough&#8217; to get back into the first team<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/09\/78728803-12840947-image-a-2_1702026481985.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Martial (left) has found starts hard to come by since the arrival of Rasmus Hojlund, while Marcus Rashford (right) has suffered a huge loss of form in this campaign<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Come on don\u2019t be silly, obviously not intentional,&#8217; the 28-year-old wrote on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the explanation, it&#8217;s difficult to argue with Evra&#8217;s assessment considering the contributions of Rashford and Martial this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Martial has become accustomed to starting games on the bench following the summer arrival of Rasmus Hojlund and will likely soon depart the club, but Rashford&#8217;s decline this term has been stark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has managed just two goals in 19 appearances, having notched 30 in the previous campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rashford now faces a battle with the inconsistent Antony for a place in Ten Hag&#8217;s starting roster with Hojlund, Bruno Fernandes and Alejandro Garnacho establishing themselves as fixtures in the squad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>United welcome a resurgent Bournemouth to Old Trafford on Saturday before a decisive clash against Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12840947\/Luke-Shaw-rejects-claims-Marcus-Rashford-Anthony-Martial-Man-United-starting-XI.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Shaw hits back at claims he doesn&#8217;t think Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial should be in Man United&#8217;s starting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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