Marcus Rashford makes deciding contribution for FC Barcelona | OneFootball

Manchester United had three players in loan action on Tuesday night.

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Marcus Rashford

The England international was given the nod to start in Barcelona’s 2-1 away win over Albacete.

He was played in on goal early on but he casually side-footed his effort wide of the goal in a careless attempt. Rashford played a key role in Lamine Yamal’s opener when his jinking run found Frenkie de Jong, who finally laid the ball off for the Spaniard to curl into the net from distance.

In the second half, he almost turned provider for Dani Olmo after racing down the left-hand side, but Olmo’s resulting effort was well blocked by the Albacete defence. Rashford finally got his reward when his fierce in-swinging corner was headed in by Ronald Araujo.

He had two key passes in the match but could only connect with one of his seven cross attempts. The 28-year-old also completed 100% of his dribble attempts and tackles in a productive match to advance to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.

Marcus Rashford stats vs Albacete

Jacob Devaney

The Irish midfielder made a deadline move to St Mirren, and he was tasked with starting just hours after sealing his switch versus Hearts of Midlothian. The Saints came out on top 1-0 at St Mirren Park.

He played 70 minutes and completed 84% of his passing attempts.

Devaney had one shot on goal that was blocked, but failed to complete either of his two tackles.

Impressively, the 18-year-old did win six ground duels and two aerial contests in a combative showing against the Scottish Premiership leaders.

James Scanlon

The Gibraltar international came off the bench for Swindon Town in their 1-0 away win against Harrogate Town.

He played 33 minutes and had two shots on goal, one of which hit the target.

Scanlon also completed one dribble and came out on top in three of his four ground duels.

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