Overview
- The 27-year-old, on a season-long loan from Manchester United, scored his first Barcelona goals and his first Champions League goals since 2021 in a 2-1 win at St James' Park.
- Rashford opened with a guided header from a Jules Koundé cross and added a fierce long-range strike that crashed in off the underside of the bar.
- Anthony Gordon netted in the 90th minute for Newcastle, but Barcelona saw out seven minutes of stoppage time to secure the group-stage victory.
- Flick praised the performance as a "first step" that should boost Rashford's self-belief, with the forward having fallen out of favor under Ruben Amorim and spent last spring on loan at Aston Villa.
- England manager Thomas Tuchel was in attendance, and Rashford became the first Englishman to score for Barcelona in European competition since Gary Lineker in 1989.