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Darren Wells

Alan Shearer praises Marcus Rashford's Liverpool display and claims he's 'back to his best'

Alan Shearer has claimed Marcus Rashford is "back to his very best" after the striker played a starring role against Liverpool .

The Man Utd forward grabbed his side's opening goal as they battled their way to a point against league leaders Liverpool on Sunday.

Rashford was a constant thorn in Liverpool's side all afternoon with his clever movement, which also played a big part in his goal.

The 21-year-old's jinking run wrong-footed Joel Matip to give himself space to finish Daniel James' pinpoint cross.

Shearer told the Sun : "Rashford’s movement for the goal was superb which gave him the room for James to find him with a brilliant cross. It was exactly what a proper centre-forward should be doing.

Rashford opened the scoring for United with a real strikers goal (Offside via Getty Images)

"I saw him play against West Ham and Newcastle recently and there was a complete lack of movement in his game.

"But on Sunday he was full of running and energy, giving Liverpool's back four problems all match."

Rashford ended a barren run of just one goal from open play in his previous 22 appearances for club and country when he scored the first in England's 6-0 drubbing of Bulgaria last week.

His strike appeared to give him renewed confidence in front of goal, and he'll now be boosted by the return of Anthony Martial to the United first-team fold.

Shearer was impressed with the youngsters performance (Manchester United via Getty Imag)

Shearer added: "Rashford is playing in a very average team right now where he has to feed off scraps, so he deserved his standing ovation at the end when he was replaced by Anthony Martial.

"It’s unfair to have all that pressure on Rashford, but Martial’s return from injury could now ease the burden on him for goals."

United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer also hailed Rashford's 'fantastic movement' for his goal, and was full of praise for his performance.

Solskjaer said: "He has had a few games with his back to goal where we haven't given him the ball and I think that was his best game for me."

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