Louis van Gaal believes Manchester United's rising star Marcus Rashford can handle spotlight

Louis van Gaal hopes Marcus Rashford deals with the increased pressure and scrutiny as effortlessly as his first dalliances with the Manchester United first team.

The 18-year-old was so far down the pecking order that his name did not even appear on the back of the matchday programme against FC Midtjylland last Thursday, when the striker ensured he would never be left off again.

Rashford hit a brace as United won that do-or-die Europa League last 32 second leg clash and remarkably replicated - if not bettered - that display on Sunday, scoring another double as title-chasing Arsenal were overcome 3-2 at Old Trafford.