Jose Mourinho explains why Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford should enjoy fans booing him
The young Englishman was met with a chorus of abuse from Swansea fans on Saturday - but struggled to impress in the game
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United ran out comfortable winners for the second weekend running after beating Swansea City 4-0 on Saturday.
The likes of Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial all capitalised on some ragged defending - and their own scintillating attacking play.
But Marcus Rashford - starting his second consecutive game on the left-wing - enjoyed a tougher afternoon.
The young Englishman was booed enthusiastically by Swansea fans after winning a penalty in the corresponding fixture at Old Trafford last season.
As a result, Rashford tried his best to get his own back and went for the spectacular, but had three relatively tame shots saved comfortably by Lukas Fabianski before being substituted for Martial.
While defending his young forward - saying he may have cashed in the same way his teammates did had he still been on the pitch in the dying minutes - Mourinho urged Rashford to embrace the booing in future.
"I think he has to learn how to enjoy it," Mourinho said.
"If he was a bad player, nobody would try to provoke him. They see the speed, the danger, and probably they think they can affect him.
"I think if he was on the bench and if he comes on for the last 15 or 20 minutes when the space is there, I think he would do the same things as the other guys did.
"I think he has to adapt to it. He is an English kid, a young kid who plays for their national team. Oh, I'm sorry, they are Welsh!"
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