United descended into increasing chaos, and Rashford did not stand out from the crowd. Responsibility came, even though it probably shouldn’t have. Rashford played injured, sometimes plagued by several ailments of varying degrees, and was not able to flash his best qualities consistently. After the European Championships, he stated directly that if he had known that he would be left with such a small responsibility in the tournament, he might have preferred to head to the operating table to treat his long-symptomatic shoulder.
Marcus Rashford’s social media was filled with racism when his football career faltered – only a year earlier he was a beloved philanthropist, to whom even Boris Johnson bowed
