Marcus Rashford’s chance to etch his name into Manchester United folklore came after he was rejected by Manchester City for being too small. The 18-year-old given minutes to prepare for Thursday’s debut against Midtjylland ended the Europa League last-32 tie in dreamland after his two goals ensured the Danish champions were knocked out, 6-3 on aggregate. Opportunity had knocked after Anthony Martial suffered an injury in the warm-up. Any notion this might faze Rashford was banished by his strikes on 64 and 75 minutes which moved United from a 3-2 deficit to a 4-3 lead. Yet the Manchester-born forward would be at City if he had not been turned away because of his diminutive stature when a young hopeful at Fletcher Moss Rangers, a Didsbury-based club. Ron Jamieson, their chairman, introduced Rashford to Fletcher Moss. He says: “City had a chance before he went to United because they asked his brother Dwain to do a bit of scouting. They were trying to come through the back door for Marcus. They said: ‘We’ll make you a scout if you bring a couple of lads down.’ And he said: ‘I’ll bring my brother down.’ “They didn’t fancy him because he was on…