Michael Carrick is backing Marcus Rashford to rediscover his scoring touch at Manchester United.

Rashford has returned to Old Trafford this season after loan stints with Aston Villa and Barcelona.

Although the England forward has shown flashes of good form, he is still to score or create a goal this season, and some observers are wondering whether his presence has altered the dynamic in Carrick's squad.

Sources dispute this and say Rashford's performance is being hampered by ongoing treatment for an injury he initially sustained during the World Cup and which forced him to pull out of Thomas Tuchel's squad for England's recent Nations League games.

Rashford has been in every United matchday squad so far this season and started his sixth game of the campaign against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.

And Carrick says he still has faith in the 28-year-old.

"Marcus has done a lot of good things," said Carrick. "He obviously had a slight injury when he pulled out of England. We had to manage that a little bit.

"He's not quite getting that little bit of a break. But he is putting himself in good positions and having some opportunities.

"If he keeps doing the right things, he will get the rewards in the end."