Will Marcus Rashford be fit to face Bournemouth? Erik ten Hag offers injury update after Liverpool hit

Marcus Rashford is winning his battle to be fit for Manchester United's Premier League trip to Bournemouth this weekend.

England star limped out of last Sunday's 2-2 draw against arch-rival Liverpool to add to the club's already huge injury list.

Erik ten Hag He will be looking for his first top-flight win in more than a month when his team heads to the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.

United are 11 points behind fourth-placed Tottenham and any hope of securing the Champions League is quickly fading.

The Old Trafford team already has eight players ruled out for the trip to Bournemouthmost of whom are the club's defenders.

So Ten Hag can't afford to lose their joint top scorer in the Premier League this season thanks to their attack.

Will Rashford be fit to face Bournemouth?

The 26-year-old will be available to face the Cherries, but fellow top scorer Scott McTominay will be lost due to injury.

“Scott, I don't think so,” United manager Ten Hag said during his pre-match press conference.

“We have a training session so we have a day where he will push, he really wants to be part of that tomorrow so it is very questionable.

“Rashy trained yesterday, so how he recovered today, we have another training today and then we will take a decision on it.”

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Rashford's improved fitness comes just after the striker won the Premier League Goal of the Month award for March.

The England international's long-range goal in the 3-1 defeat to Manchester City last month saw him claim the award for the first time.

Although it is the first for Rashford in his career, he becomes United's eighth different player and the fourth this season alone.

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