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Emotional Marcus Rashford says 'close doesn't mean anything' and insists Man United MUST forge a winning mentality after Europa League final heartache - before revealing he had 'at least 70 racial slurs' on his social media accounts after defeat

* Marcus Rashford gave an emotional interview after a disappointing night
* The forward insists 'close is not good enough' after another year without a cup
* After the match Rashford received a growing number of racial slurs online
* Rashford later admitted one of the abusive messages had come from a teacher

Marcus Rashford put his emotions on full display after Manchester United's agonising defeat in the Europa League final against Villarreal, before later revealing he had suffered online racial abuse.

The striker pulled no punches in his pre-match interview, in which he stressed that 'close was not good enough' as United failed to win their first trophy under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Rashford then took to social media just over an hour after the final whistle and said: 'At least 70 racial slurs on my social accounts counted so far. For those working to make me feel any worse than I already do, good luck trying.'

He then went on to reveal that one of the users who had sent him 'a mountain of monkey emojis' happened to be a school teacher.

Rashford wrote: 'I’m more outraged that one of the abusers that left a mountain of monkey emojis in my DM is a maths teacher with an open profile. He teaches children!! And knows that he can freely racially abuse without consequence…'


Marcus Rashford gave an emotional interview after Man United's Europa League final loss





United had delivered a flat performance in Gdansk and could only draw 1-1 - taking the game to extra-time and penalties with Edinson Cavani cancelling out Gerard Moreno's opener - as their LaLiga counterparts came out on top in a long-fought shootout that ended 11-10.

But on the night, Solskjaer's men weren't good enough and didn't deliver moments of quality to win the showpiece, and Rashford issued a rallying cry to his United team-mates to banish their inability to win trophies.

'Disappointing... the feeling inside is difficult to explain,' Rashford told BT Sport.

'We came here to win. We worked so hard all season - this was the opportunity to win a trophy, it didn't happen. But we have to get rid of the disappointment, after that we will look back at the game, what we did wrong where we can improve.'

The forward has enjoyed a superb season in front of goal with 22 strikes - but it wasn't the best of nights for him, as he was unable to spark the team into life in front of goal.

He promised that the team would keep going in their pursuit of silverware, insisting that the club have all the tools for success - but cannot be satisfied with near misses.

'All I can say is we won't give up,' he added. 'The manager won't allow us to give up. We come next season with a bigger desire. People say a lot about us going downhill, blah blah blah.

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