The Englishman was a victim of the context he was brought into, with Barcelona comfortably maintaining possession in midfield and Mallorca sitting back in a deep low-block. Rashford, who was deployed as a center forward in the absence of the injured Robert Lewandowski, didn’t have much room in which to operate.

Marcus Rashford and Joan Garcia have been registered in time to feature in Barcelona’s first La Liga game of the new season against Mallorca on Saturday. The forward signed on loan with an option to buy from Manchester United last month but faced a problem that has hampered Barcelona in recent seasons.