{"id":1375847,"date":"2025-03-04T15:41:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1375847"},"modified":"2025-03-04T16:55:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:55:27","slug":"emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Rashford is playing some of his best football at Aston Villa, says Emile Heskey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/aston-villa-odds-to-win-the-premier-league-2024-25-predicted-finish-transfers-best-players-and-full-squad\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aston Villa<\/a> striker Emile Heskey spoke to Squawka about Marcus Rashford&#8217;s start to life on loan at Villa Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heskey gave his thoughts on Aston Villa&#8217;s chances of a top four finish and where it&#8217;s gone wrong for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/leicester-premier-league-outright-odds-transfers-squad-tactics\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leicester City<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/liverpool-premier-league-outright-odds-squad-tactics-signings\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> and their chances in both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/champions-league-tips\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Champions League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Jump to:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#TITLE\"><strong>Hoping for no drama in title race<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#GAP\"><strong>Why Liverpool are a cut above the rest<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#SLOT\"><strong>Slot&#8217;s perfect start in England<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#UCL\"><strong>Liverpool&#8217;s Champions League chances against PSG<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#RASHFORD\"><strong>Rashford re-finding form at Aston Villa<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Leicester\"><strong>Ruud van Nistelrooy&#8217;s struggles at Leicester<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"TITLE\"><\/a><strong>Liverpool are 13 points clear at the top of the table, albeit having played a game more. Do you think the title race is over, or is there still some drama to come?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I hope there\u2019s no more drama to come! But as we know with football, anything can happen. From just before my era, it was Man Utd and Newcastle, wasn\u2019t it? With Kevin Keegan\u2019s little bit of a meltdown. So this is very important for Slot, because he would know a little bit about the history as well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/premier-league-title-odds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024-25 Premier League title odds<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So he would be thinking to try and keep his foot firmly on that pedal until it\u2019s mathematically impossible for anyone to catch him. But at this moment in time, it still is, so you\u2019ve got to be clever with it. But I still feel they\u2019ve got one hand on it.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"GAP\"><\/a><strong>Is there anything that has stood out to you as to why Liverpool have been so much better than the rest of the Premier League this season?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well there are several factors. One thing you\u2019ve got to take into account is what Liverpool have actually done, with a new manager coming in. And I don\u2019t think there have been many changes in the sense of the players coming in and out, but he\u2019s made slight changes within the way that they\u2019ve played. And the players have fed into that. If your players don\u2019t feed into that, it\u2019s a very different season as we have seen with other teams. So I think that\u2019s one of the things you\u2019ve got to take out of it.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s very good at in-game changes. So if there are certain things that aren\u2019t going to plan in the game, he\u2019s very good at tinkering with that, either during the game or at half-time, and changing a few subtle things where things are not going to plan. And he\u2019s very good at that.<\/p>\n<p>And then you\u2019ve got to look at the other teams. Man City have been relentless over the years. When you\u2019re looking at what Liverpool have achieved over the years, the points tallies and still lost the league, City have been relentless. So I don\u2019t think you\u2019ll ever get another season where they\u2019ve fallen off the way that they\u2019ve fallen off. The same with Arsenal. There have been times where they could really put pressure on Liverpool, and they haven\u2019t been able to capitalise on that. So I think you could look at everything and say that it\u2019s pointing towards Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"SLOT\"><\/a><strong>Some managers can struggle in their first season in the Premier League. Why do you think Arne Slot hasn\u2019t had any significant problems, lifting Liverpool to likely title winners?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think Arne Slot has had a good side to be fair. He inherited a good side, he inherited a good structure. He\u2019s just had to tinker it a little bit to make it more his own, but he\u2019s had a really good team. I\u2019d still say the squad isn\u2019t as strong as he would have possibly liked to have had. But, team-wise, I think he\u2019s got a fantastic team underneath him.<\/p>\n<p>But he\u2019s also inherited some strange situations, with three of his best players going out of contract. So to manage that as well, it\u2019s been fantastic for him. You\u2019ve got to take your hat off to that. But he has inherited a very good team.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"GAP\"><\/a><strong>Liverpool have a tough Champions League draw in the last 16 against Paris Saint-Germain. How do you see that one turning out?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an interesting one, isn\u2019t it? Because Paris Saint-Germain, with all the revenue, all the money that they\u2019ve got to spend, and with all the players they\u2019ve brought in, and the money that they\u2019ve actually spent, have they really fulfilled anything apart from winning the league every year? When you\u2019re talking about Europe, they really haven\u2019t fulfilled much of what you\u2019d like to think they could have. So it\u2019s always going to be a difficult task to beat Paris Saint-Germain but, for me, I think Liverpool have the pedigree, they have the understanding, they have the know how. And I don\u2019t see them losing this game.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/preview\/psg-vs-liverpool-champions-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PSG vs Liverpool predictions, odds and betting tips<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Aston Villa are 10th in the Premier League but are just three points behind fifth. Do you think they have the squad to go on a run to qualify for the Champions League next season?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s always the tough one, isn\u2019t it? The squad, especially when you\u2019re playing those extra games as they do in the Champions League. And the travelling. People don\u2019t take into account the travelling that you have to do with the Champions League, and what it takes out of you, and the preparation you have to do. And I don\u2019t think they have a big enough squad.<\/p>\n<p>But I think that\u2019s all progress, isn\u2019t it? I don\u2019t think they can just jump into that and think that they\u2019re going to [remain in the Champions League]. We\u2019ve seen it with the likes of Leicester, finishing fifth and getting into the Europa League. And then trying to push into the Champions League, and it\u2019s not quite there. I think you\u2019ve got to build a structure, and they\u2019re slowly building that with one of the best managers out there.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/premier-league-top-four-odds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024-25 Premier League top four odds<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And yes, you say that they\u2019re currently 10th, but like you\u2019re saying they\u2019re only one win away, one good result away from behind in and amongst them. And they\u2019ve shown time and time again that they play some really exciting football. I think they\u2019re just a few players away from building a squad that will be able to challenge up there.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"RASHFORD\"><\/a><strong>Do you think Aston Villa is the right place for Marcus Rashford to re-find his form?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think so. I think it\u2019s showing that it is. You\u2019ve seen what he\u2019s capable of doing. We\u2019ve seen that time and time again, with what he\u2019s capable of doing. He was in an environment which probably wasn\u2019t allowing him the breathing space to just look at what he can do and take stock of where he\u2019s going etcetera.<\/p>\n<p>Now he\u2019s there at Villa, he can do that. And he\u2019s there under a good manager who has shown time and time again that he can get the best out of players. He\u2019s understanding the structure and, to be fair, if you\u2019re looking at him he\u2019s playing some of his best football.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/feature\/marcus-rashford-aston-villa-man-utd-compared\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcus Rashford: Man Utd loanee looking reborn at Aston Villa<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He\u2019s attacking defenders, he\u2019s taking them on, he\u2019s driving at them. How many assists has he already got in how many games? He\u2019s doing well. But he\u2019s just got to take slow steps to build himself back up, because his aim would be to get back into the national team. I think that\u2019s what he\u2019s got to be looking at. And he\u2019s got a very good chance of doing that, as long as he gets his head down, knuckles down and carries on the work that he\u2019s doing right now.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"LEICESTER\"><\/a><strong>Leicester are on a losing streak under Ruud van Nistelrooy. Why do you think he has struggled since taking over at the King Power?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you know what? It\u2019s a very tough task at Leicester. I spoke about it before the season started, and I said that the three teams who came up are going to be struggling and they\u2019re going to go back down. And I still stick to that.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously Leicester had the PSR restrictions and then if they go back down they\u2019ve probably got another problem with that as well. You can\u2019t spend the money that you want to spend in the sense of building a squad that is good enough to challenge to stay in that league. And I don\u2019t think they have a squad that\u2019s good enough to challenge and stay in the league. It\u2019s going to be a very, very tough task for him, especially in the structure that he wants to play as well. He\u2019s a former Dutch international, so there\u2019s a certain style of play that you want, and you\u2019ve got to get the players that understand that style of play. And it\u2019s more indicative to the top half of the table than to the bottom of the table.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/betvictor.com\/en-gb\/pages\/horse-racing\/cheltenham-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emile Heskey was speaking to Squawka on behalf of BetVictor.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Aston Villa striker Emile Heskey spoke to Squawka about Marcus Rashford&#8217;s start to life on loan at Villa Park. Heskey gave his thoughts on Aston Villa&#8217;s chances of a top four finish and where it&#8217;s gone wrong for Leicester City this season. He also spoke about Liverpool and their chances in both the Premier&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":1375856,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Emile Heskey spoke to Squawka about Marcus Rashford's form at Aston Villa, the Premier League title race and Liverpool's Champions League chances.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"features-category":[],"squawka-category":[],"class_list":["post-1375847","features","type-features","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marcus Rashford is playing some of his best football at Aston Villa, says Emile Heskey | Squawka | EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Emile Heskey spoke to Squawka about Marcus Rashford&#039;s form at Aston Villa, the Premier League title race and Liverpool&#039;s Champions League chances.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marcus Rashford is playing some of his best football at Aston Villa, says Emile Heskey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Emile Heskey spoke to Squawka about Marcus Rashford&#039;s form at Aston Villa, the Premier League title race and Liverpool&#039;s Champions League chances.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Squawka | EN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SquawkaFootballNews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-04T16:55:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/03\/04154046\/1375847_1375847_Emileheskey04032025_ID2R24YW4Marcusrashford04032025_ID2SRBA16-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@squawka\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Harry Edwards\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4e62e4b7416dff4a81adf12d6340823d\"},\"headline\":\"Marcus Rashford is playing some of his best football at Aston Villa, says Emile Heskey\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-04T15:41:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-04T16:55:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/\"},\"wordCount\":1616,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/03\/04154046\/1375847_1375847_Emileheskey04032025_ID2R24YW4Marcusrashford04032025_ID2SRBA16-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Features\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/\",\"name\":\"Marcus Rashford is playing some of his best football at Aston Villa, says Emile Heskey | Squawka | EN\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/03\/04154046\/1375847_1375847_Emileheskey04032025_ID2R24YW4Marcusrashford04032025_ID2SRBA16-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-04T15:41:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-04T16:55:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"Emile Heskey spoke to Squawka about Marcus Rashford's form at Aston Villa, the Premier League title race and Liverpool's Champions League chances.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/03\/04154046\/1375847_1375847_Emileheskey04032025_ID2R24YW4Marcusrashford04032025_ID2SRBA16-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/03\/04154046\/1375847_1375847_Emileheskey04032025_ID2R24YW4Marcusrashford04032025_ID2SRBA16-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1440},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Squawka\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Features\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Marcus Rashford is playing some of his best football at Aston Villa, says Emile Heskey\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Squawka | EN\",\"description\":\"Football News, Stats, and More...\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4e62e4b7416dff4a81adf12d6340823d\",\"name\":\"Harry Edwards\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0026fa9c4643646cbd6cb2bfceaaec1552223b05885c8c1ea9b98ffcc00c20f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0026fa9c4643646cbd6cb2bfceaaec1552223b05885c8c1ea9b98ffcc00c20f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Harry Edwards\"},\"description\":\"Harry Edwards has been writing for Squawka since 2017, producing match content, betting tips, news, features, quizzes and a lot more. He has additional focus on women's football, FPL and FIFA\/EAFC. Harry is a Chelsea fan and also has an interest in tennis and darts.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/harryedwards16\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/author\/harry-edwards\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Marcus Rashford is playing some of his best football at Aston Villa, says Emile Heskey | Squawka | EN","description":"Emile Heskey spoke to Squawka about Marcus Rashford's form at Aston Villa, the Premier League title race and Liverpool's Champions League chances.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Marcus Rashford is playing some of his best football at Aston Villa, says Emile Heskey","og_description":"Emile Heskey spoke to Squawka about Marcus Rashford's form at Aston Villa, the Premier League title race and Liverpool's Champions League chances.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/","og_site_name":"Squawka | EN","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SquawkaFootballNews\/","article_modified_time":"2025-03-04T16:55:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/03\/04154046\/1375847_1375847_Emileheskey04032025_ID2R24YW4Marcusrashford04032025_ID2SRBA16-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@squawka","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/"},"author":{"name":"Harry Edwards","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4e62e4b7416dff4a81adf12d6340823d"},"headline":"Marcus Rashford is playing some of his best football at Aston Villa, says Emile Heskey","datePublished":"2025-03-04T15:41:28+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-04T16:55:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/"},"wordCount":1616,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/03\/04154046\/1375847_1375847_Emileheskey04032025_ID2R24YW4Marcusrashford04032025_ID2SRBA16-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Features"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/","url":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/","name":"Marcus Rashford is playing some of his best football at Aston Villa, says Emile Heskey | Squawka | EN","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/03\/04154046\/1375847_1375847_Emileheskey04032025_ID2R24YW4Marcusrashford04032025_ID2SRBA16-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-04T15:41:28+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-04T16:55:27+00:00","description":"Emile Heskey spoke to Squawka about Marcus Rashford's form at Aston Villa, the Premier League title race and Liverpool's Champions League chances.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/03\/04154046\/1375847_1375847_Emileheskey04032025_ID2R24YW4Marcusrashford04032025_ID2SRBA16-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/03\/04154046\/1375847_1375847_Emileheskey04032025_ID2R24YW4Marcusrashford04032025_ID2SRBA16-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1440},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/emile-heskey-interview-liverpool-title-marcus-rashford-aston-villa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Squawka","item":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Features","item":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Marcus Rashford is playing some of his best football at Aston Villa, says Emile Heskey"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/","name":"Squawka | EN","description":"Football News, Stats, and More...","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4e62e4b7416dff4a81adf12d6340823d","name":"Harry Edwards","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0026fa9c4643646cbd6cb2bfceaaec1552223b05885c8c1ea9b98ffcc00c20f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0026fa9c4643646cbd6cb2bfceaaec1552223b05885c8c1ea9b98ffcc00c20f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Harry Edwards"},"description":"Harry Edwards has been writing for Squawka since 2017, producing match content, betting tips, news, features, quizzes and a lot more. He has additional focus on women's football, FPL and FIFA\/EAFC. Harry is a Chelsea fan and also has an interest in tennis and darts.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/harryedwards16"],"url":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/author\/harry-edwards\/"}]}},"yoast_title":"","yoast_description":"Emile Heskey spoke to Squawka about Marcus Rashford's form at Aston Villa, the Premier League title race and Liverpool's Champions League chances.","yoast_keyword":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/features\/1375847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/features"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/features"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/features\/1375847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1375856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1375847"},{"taxonomy":"features-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/features-category?post=1375847"},{"taxonomy":"squawka-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/squawka-category?post=1375847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}