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Marcus Rashford Defends Paul Pogba After Penalty Miss in Wolves Draw

Marcus Rashford has said he had no issue with Paul Pogba taking Manchester United's 68th-minute penalty against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Monday.

Rashford scored from the spot in United's 4-0 thrashing of Chelsea on the opening weekend of the 2019-20 Premier League season.

But when Pogba was fouled in the box by Conor Coady at Molineux with the score at 1-1 on Monday, it was the Frenchman, not Rashford, who stepped up to take the penalty, a strange decision given their recent records:

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Marcus Rashford scored from the spot against Chelsea last weekend.