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SPORTSMonday 29 February 2016
Another Rashford double helps Man United beat Arsenal 3-2
STEVE DOUGLAS Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford, left heads the ball and scores his sides second goal of the demonstrated to Van Gaal
AP Sports Writer game as Arsenal’s Gabriel attempts to block during the English Premier League soccer match that the Dutchman has
MANCHESTER, England (AP) between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Sunday, had a goal poacher at his
— Teenage striker Marcus Feb. 28, 2016. disposal all along during
Rashford continued the the team’s rough patch this
dream start to his Manches- (AP Photo/Jon Super) season. Injured pair Wayne
ter United career, scoring Rooney and Anthony Mar-
two goals and setting up the league at Old Trafford the technical area. The Old first two games as a pro — tial are among the strikers
another in a 3-2 win over since 2006. Trafford crowd roared with both of them high-profile unavailable to Van Gaal at
title-chasing Arsenal in the United manager Louis van laughter, adding to an at- ones — in the space of present.
Premier League on Sunday. Gaal, under much pres- mosphere that was buoy- three days, the striker has For his first goal, the young
Only playing because of sure amid the team’s trou- ant throughout the game scored as many goals as striker was lurking 12 me-
United’s chronic injury crisis, bles this season, delivered as United’s youngsters Radamel Falcao did in a ters out as Gabriel failed
the 18-year-old Rashford some light relief when he proved too energetic for whole year for United last to adequately clear Guill-
marked his league debut fell to the ground theatri- Arsenal. season. ermo Varela’s cross. A first-
by scoring in the 29th and cally while remonstrating Rashford must think profes- He is showing no fear on time shot was too pacey
32nd minutes to put his with the fourth official in sional soccer is easy. In his the biggest stage and for Arsenal goalkeeper Petr
team 2-0 ahead — three Cech as Rashford became
days after a double in the United’s third-youngest Pre-
Europa League against FC mier League scorer.
Midtjylland on his senior Three minutes later, Rash-
United debut. ford was celebrating again
After former United striker after heading home a
Danny Welbeck replied for clipped right-wing cross
Arsenal, Rashford set up from Jesse Lingard from
Ander Herrera for a shot just outside the six-yard
from the edge of the area box. Arsenal manager Ar-
that deflected in off Lau- sene Wenger, who said Fri-
rent Koscielny. day that he hadn’t heard
Mesut Ozil made it 3-2 in of Rashford, threw up his
the 69th but fifth-place hands in disgust.
United held on comfortably Arsenal was flat, strangely,
to move three points off and its passing lacked the
the top four. Arsenal, which usual crispness. But the
put in an off-color perfor- team managed to reduce
mance against a young the deficit before halftime
and injury-hit United side, when Welbeck got behind
dropped five points behind marker Morgan Schneider-
leader Leicester. The North lin at a free kick and head-
London side hasn’t won in ed in Ozil’s cross.
AP Interview: Blatter free of FIFA ‘burden,’ backs Infantino
GRAHAM DUNBAR enjoying his first day out of October by FIFA’s ethics the scandal-rocked soccer vate dining room before
AP Sports Writer FIFA’s employment since committee, Blatter was body still owns. they will take lunch at a res-
ZURICH (AP) — At one min- 1975. barred from attending the When the moment came taurant that has become
ute past six on Friday eve- “It was even a welcome election hall across the city that his beloved presidency a Blatter salon in recent
ning in Zurich, Sepp Blatter day yesterday, 18:01, when from his daughter’s apart- ended, Blatter said he was weeks.
had a glass of white wine they had a new president,” ment. There, they watched with his daughter, Corinne, The election was hailed as
and exhaled deeply. Blatter said in the European the tense event unfold on sharing a bottle of white a potential new dawn for
FIFA had finally elected a style for 6:01 p.m. television. from his home region. FIFA after nine months of
new president and Blatter Blatter was unable to hand “Being suspended or not, I She is at her father’s side turmoil since American and
was relieved of the title af- over power in person to was still the elected presi- also on Saturday morning Swiss federal prosecutors
ter almost 18 years. Gianni Infantino, 35 years dent. And now it is finished,” for two interviews, first, with revealed the scope of their
“It is a relief. I had this bur- younger and a fellow na- Blatter said, in an interview a Swiss Sunday newspaper investigations into corrup-
den on me,” he told The As- tive of the rural Valais can- at the Sonnenberg restau- then the AP. There are just tion, which forced Blatter
sociated Press on Saturday, ton in Switzerland. rant attached to the for- bottles of still and sparkling out with three years left in
seeming at peace and Banned from duty since mer FIFA headquarters that water on the table in a pri- his fifth presidential term.
