MANCHESTER -- Marcus Rashford insists he has not been fazed by his spell out of the Manchester United team.
The 20-year-old was handed his first Premier League start of 2018 against Liverpool and he repaid Jose Mourinho's faith with both goals in the 2-1 win.
"In football you are going to be up, you're going to be down," said Rashford. "The most important thing is sticking together as a squad.
"We are all in it together. Sometimes you are in the team, sometimes you are not in the team.
"My experiences of the past, I understand that's part of the game. There are 11 players that start -- it's just one of those things."
Rashford's start against Liverpool was just his third in United's last 14 games. It is the forward's first prolonged spell out of the team since making a blistering start to his career in 2016.
And the England international believes he will be better prepared if he finds himself on the sidelines again.
He added: "For the future it is something you have been through before.
"If it happens again you will probably deal with it better than the first time it happened to you. It is just another experience."
Rashford was without a Premier League goal since December, but his two against Liverpool took him to 12 in all competitions this season to make it his most productive campaign in front of goal.
It is particularly impressive given most of his opportunities have come on the left wing rather than as a striker -- the position where he made his name under Louis van Gaal.
"I'm more comfortable in the middle, but if you get past a player on the left that's where you are going to be," said Rashford.
"We've all been asked to play in various positions and everyone takes it in their stride. I'm comfortable playing on the left, the right, up front -- it's just extra strength and adds to your game.
"Right now I'm probably not learning the most on the pitch. In training is where I'm doing most of my learning. You have to take it into the game and [against Liverpool] it worked.
"Personally, taking the confidence from this game into the next games is important."
United's next two games could decide whether they finish the season with a trophy. Mourinho's team face Sevilla at Old Trafford on Tuesday in their Champions League last-16 second leg before an FA Cup quarterfinal with Brighton on Saturday.
Rashford said: "These are the games that we want to play in and everybody wants to watch.
"If you can have them all the time then that's what everybody wants. But we can use the confidence of this game to push us through the next games and our focus is on the next game in the Champions League."