{"id":31859,"date":"2023-02-16T15:33:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T15:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/barcelona-coach-xavi-praise-rashford-and-ten-hag"},"modified":"2023-02-16T16:13:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:13:53","slug":"barcelona-coach-xavi-praise-rashford-and-ten-hag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/barcelona-coach-xavi-praise-rashford-and-ten-hag","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona\u00a0 Coach Xavi Praise\u00a0 Rashford\u00a0 and Ten Hag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The Spanish giants host United on Thursday in the first leg of their Europa League knockout round play-off.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag was appointed in the summer and has quickly made his mark, with the Red Devils flying high in the Premier League and also in the EFL Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTen Hag is a great coach,\u201d Xavi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my mind I believe that somehow [reversing] the situation of United was no easy task and he\u2019s accomplishing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are excited again, the club, the fanbase and also the way they play does a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe changes things offensively, defensively, everyone\u2019s working very well, so it\u2019s a tough rival for us and he\u2019s a very interesting coach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rashford in particular has excelled under the Dutch manager.<\/p>\n<p>The striker scored his 13th goal in 15 games since the World Cup <b>in Sunday\u2019s 2-0 win against Leeds.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the transition he is very, very dangerous so we need to take care of all of them but especially Rashford,\u201d added Xavi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s one of the most dangerous players now in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona, who will be without Sergio Busquets and Ousmane Dembele for Thursday\u2019s game, will provide a tough test for Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>They top La Liga, 11 points ahead of Real Madrid, and have won their past eight games in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\">Liberia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. The Spanish giants host United on Thursday in the first leg of their Europa League knockout round play-off. 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