Marcus Rashford means goals
It is time to say that Marcus Rashford is settling in nicely at FC Barcelona. Since his arrival the English forward has put in some impressive performances that are backed up by the statistics: six goals and five assists in all competitions. His latest effort came on Sunday in the 3-1 win against Elche in La Liga, the England international scoring the third in the victory to make it 11 goal involvements this season so far, more than anyone else in the squad.
Newcastle, starting point
The Barça number 14 has figured in 14 games so far this season for the blaugranes. After finding his feet in his first few appearances in a Barça shirt, he opened his account in the Champions League against Newcastle United, scoring twice against the Premier League club at St. James' Park.
Since his brace in England, Rashford has become a vital part of the Barça goalscoring machine with eight goal involvements in his last 11 appearances. The man from Manchester provided assists in the games against Valencia, Oviedo, Real Sociedad, PSG and Real Madrid as well as scoring against Sevilla and adding two more against Olympiacos to add to his goals against Newcastle and Elche.
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Rashford is joint top scorer for Barça this season alongside Fermín López and Ferran Torres and also leads the team for assists alongside Lamine Yamal on five. Looking at Europe's top five leagues he is one of just six players who have scored five goals or more and provided five assists or more alongside Michael Olise (Bayern Munich), Julián Álvarez (Atlético Madrid), Luis Díaz (Bayern Munich), Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) and Kenan Yildiz (Juventus).