Marcus Rashford benefitted from an unusual situation to get on the scoresheet against Istanbul Basaksehir earlier this week.
With Bruno Fernandes on a hat-trick, most expected the Portuguese playmaker to step forward when Rashford won a penalty in the first half.
Instead, Fernandes handed the ball to Rashford, who slotted in his fifth goal in four Champions League games this season.
The incident left Manchester United legend Paul Scholes baffled as he watched on in the studio whilst covering the game for BT Sport.
"I don't get it," said Scholes. "Fernandes has taken all the penalties when he's played. He's on the chance of a hat-trick on a European night, I don't understand it.
"But ultimately we get the same result so there's not too much damage done.”
Marcus Rashford has now had his say on the situation and explained exactly why Fernandes gave up the spot-kick.
He revealed that the Red Devils are keen to share the goals amongst themselves to keep confidence high - pointing to a similar scenario in which he gave Anthony Martial a penalty a few weeks ago.
He told Stretty News : “There was a similar situation during the Leipzig game when I could have got my first career hat-trick.
“As a striker your confidence comes from scoring goals consistently and for that reason it was important Tony [Martial] had the opportunity to get on the scoresheet.
“Thankfully I got the hat-trick and we got a fantastic result against a very tough team but what was important at the time was that the team felt good, confident and motivated to push on with the upcoming run of fixtures. It’s a really busy time and we all play a role in the team’s success.”
Immediately after the game, Bruno Fernandes gave similar reasoning as he pointed to Rashford handing him a penalty in the Premier League earlier this campaign.
“That’s not the point," he told BT Sport when asked if he was feeling charitable.
“Of course, every player wants to score a hat-trick.
“But after the game in the Premier League I told Rashy he would take the next one.
“So I remembered that, and also because Rashy is one of the top scorers in the Champions League.
“I think it will be important for him to keep going there and take that confidence.
“But as I say, it doesn’t matter who takes the penalties, the most important is scoring. The team scores. When the team scores, I score too.”
