Marcus Rashford blames heckling, abuse for fan confrontation

Manchester United player, Marcus Rashford, has blamed fans heckling and abusing him for why he confronted one of them after the Atletico Madrid match of Tuesday.

In a statement on his Twitter handle, Rashford denied, abusing the fan or gesturing with his middle finger.

He said, “A video can paint a thousand words and in this case lead to inaccurate information being shared on social media. Guys for weeks, I have been heckled, threatened, questioned and last night, my emotions got the better of me.

“I want to clarify two things. The first being what I actually said to the man throwing abuse at me, which was ‘Come over here and say it to my face.’ A fact security can back up and secondly that I used my forefinger to direct the fan to ‘come over here and say it to my face.’ I did not use my middle finger. I am not entitled.”