Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford has publicly backed Benjamin Sesko on social media following criticism from pundit Tim Sherwood. The Slovenian netted twice on Wednesday evening as the Red Devils drew 2-2 at Burnley.
Since his summer switch from RB Leipzig to Old Trafford, Sesko has found the going tough, managing only four goals in total for United. Rashford, by contrast, has flourished during his temporary stint at Barcelona.
The Red Devils academy graduate has notched seven goals and laid on 11 assists for Hansi Flick’s side, yet clearly remains invested in happenings back at M16. The 28-year-old showed his backing by liking Sesko’s most recent Instagram upload, which featured several images of him celebrating against the Clarets.
Sesko said: “Thanks for support to our fans. We keep going, all together,” accompanied by a red love heart and fist bump emoji.
The striker’s double and overall showing came amid stinging remarks from ex-Blackburn player and former Tottenham Hotspur boss Sherwood. Sky Sports dissected Sesko’s Burnley display, with Jamie Redknapp offering effusive praise.
Sherwood, though, remained unconvinced and was reminded he’d advocated hauling off Sesko at half-time. He said: “I think the positive is Sesko scoring two goals. Hopefully he gets some confidence from that.
“He’s took six months to turn up at Man United. I am pleased for the lad, he has had a tough run of it. I had him off the pitch at half time, never wear a Man United shirt again. I stand by what I say, he’s not good enough to play for Man United.
“He’s turned up for one game against Burnley who are going to get relegated. Fair play to him, hopefully he gets some confidence and we start seeing something different from him.”
Meanwhile, Red Devils legend Gary Neville praised Sesko following his clever conversion of Dorgu’s delivery. “Bingo time for Benjamin Sesko,” he said.
“We’ve not seen him smile much and his team mates are revelling in it with him. He’s got in between the centre-backs all night, and he does it again.
“That’s a really good finish. Manchester United have been really good in this second half.”