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Darren Wells

Marcus Rashford hails extra "dimension" new signing has given Man Utd this season

Marcus Rashford has hailed new teammate Edinson Cavani for giving Man Utd "another dimension" since his arrival at the club in October.

The veteran forward, 33, has been proving his doubters wrong in recent weeks, provided several key contributions to United in an improved spell of results.

Cavani scored twice in the comeback win over Southampton last month, before getting on the scoresheet again in the League Cup victory against Everton in midweek.

And the Uruguayan came off the bench to set up Bruno Fernandes's goal against Leicester, impressing Rashford in the process.

“He's a top player, he has lots of qualities and I think he gives us another dimension that's different to what we already have in the team,” Rashford explained to Man Utd's official website.

Marcus Rashford has hailed the impact of Edinson Cavani at United (Getty Images)

“It's good to play with him and to see him scoring and assisting is important for any forward and we need to keep up between us what we've been doing."

Cavani had only been on the field four minutes when he dropped short to collect a pass, before turning and slipping the ball into Fernandes's path for him to score.

United only had another 11 minutes to play to seal an important victory, but Jamie Vardy found a late equaliser to earn a share of the points, after Harvey Barnes had cancelled out Rashford's goal earlier on.

Discussing Fernandes's strike, Rashford said: "For that goal, it was all the way from back... I think it was Eric [Bailly] who stepped up and played a good ball through the lines.

“It was a great turn from Edinson and he drove at Jonny [Evans] who then had a decision to make, whether to step out to him or stay back and let him shoot.

"Edinson played a nice pass and it was a good goal, but to concede and to throw it away is difficult to take."

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Cavani picked out Bruno Fernandes for United's second (Manchester United via Getty Imag)

Rashford had missed a golden chance in just the first minute, heading over when unmarked inside the box, before making amends soon after with his finish.

While a point away at second placed Leicester was a decent return for United's efforts, Rashford admitted the Red Devils were left ruing missing the opportunity to leapfrog the Foxes in the table.

“It feels like a loss in the changing room," he added. "I think we deserved to win the game and we had the chances to win the game, but we didn't quite get over the line. Now we just need to recover and go again in the next one.”

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