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Rashford erases Rooney’s record




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Rashford cut a frustrated figure after missing two presentable opportunities early in the second half but, like all good forwards, he responded swiftly with that excellent long-range effort.

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He is the youngest United player to score 25 European goals at the age of 25 years and 136 days, and also the youngest Englishman for any club to reach that milestone, taking the record from former team-mate Wayne Rooney (25y, 395d).

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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