Marcus Rashford gets first-ever Manchester United hat-trick with win over RB Leipzig
- Marcus Rashford netted his first Manchester United hat-trick on Wednesday
- The striker came off the bench in the 63rd minute in 5-0 win over RB Leipzig
- After scoring in the 74th minute he took just over 15 minutes to complete the treble
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Marcus Rashford gets first-ever Manchester United hat-trick with win in win over RB Leipzig.
Marcus Rashford came off the bench to fire a stunning hat-trick as Manchester United thrashed RB Leipzig at Old Trafford.
United’s man of the moment, who was the hero of their Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain last week, took just 18 minutes to score his first treble for the club in a 5-0 rout.
Rashford also emulated his manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the only substitute in United’s history to come on and score a hat-trick.
Rashford replaced Mason Greenwood – the scorer of United’s opening goal with his first shot in the Champions League – in the 63rd minute and could have got another but agreed to let Anthony Martial take a penalty for the fourth.
Victory gives United firm control of Group H after beating last season’s finalists PSG and now the semi-finalists as well.
It was a chastening experience for Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann, one of the brightest young coaches in Europe, who saw the Bundesliga leaders taken apart towards the end.
‘It’s a bad result for us,’ said Nagelsmann. ‘It was a bit crazy because after we conceded the first goal I thought we did well.
‘I said to the lads 2-0 wouldn’t have been bad but it was 5-0 so now it doesn’t make our journey any easier.’
