Tuesday night Manchester United played their last Epl match against Bournemouth which had been postponed on Sunday following a bomb scare at Old Trafford after a suspicious device was identified in one of the Old Trafford stands.
United refunded all fans with tickets for Sunday’s match and offered them free entry to the rearranged game, but a number stayed away as Rashford followed Monday’s England call-up with a lovely goal in a win that belatedly brought the Premier League to a close.
The England skipper opened the scoring by ending a fine team move — his 100th Premier League goal at Old Trafford — before beautifully clipping the ball over for substitute Ashley Young to score late on.
Rooney started and finished the move, playing the ball out wide to Cameron Borthwick- Jackson. The full-back passed to Anthony Martial, who collected from a neat one-two with Juan Mata and crossed for Rooney to slot home.
Rashford added the second goal from within the box and few minutes before the match could be called off Young escaped offside trap and forced a short past the goal keeper.
United seemed to have tamed Bournemouth strikers but a deflection from Smalling earned the visitors one goal.
The three points gained yesterday see United usurp Southampton in fifth and secure a place in the Europa League group stage, but whether Louis van Gaal is still presiding over the team by then remains to be seen as fresh reports about Jose Mourinho were compounded by a bleak first half.
Van Gaal was booed by some supporters after the final whistle as he addressed the crowd.
By Gabriel Mwandikwa