Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer revealed that the club’s forwards have gone through extra finishing training as they enter a crucial part of the season.
The Reds continued to put pressure on Chelsea in the race to finish in the top four in the Premier League with a comfortable victory over Sheffield United last week and face Norwich away from home tonight, trying to book their place in the FA Cup semifinal.
Anthony Martial he became the first United player after Robin van Persie in 2013 to score a hat trick in the league for the Reds with a trio of hits against the Blades, bringing his tally to 19 in all competitions. Marcus Rashford (19) and Mason Greenwood (12) also enjoy excellent seasons.
The Kingdom the boss supported Martial to reach 20 goals of the season in February and revealed that the coaches are working with the Frenchman to help him improve as a central striker.
Solskjaer said that occasionally he participates with the advice of his game days to help his attackers in certain situations.
“I think we’ve all worked on game patterns, positions of attackers,” he said MUTV when asked to work with Martial as a central striker.
“Of course, every now and then I get the chip with what I did in those little situations. So we do.
“After the workout is over, we do some extra finishing, and I think everyone has focused on it.
“You must be hungry to score a goal; it must mean a lot to you to score a goal.
“I played with some of the most greedy strikers, and sometimes you have to be greedy as a striker!”
Solskjaer praised the efforts of his trio forward and launched a challenge for the rest of the team ahead of the game against the Canaries.
United have only scored six league goals from kicks this season, six fewer than Manchester City and Liverpool, and Solskjaer believes his team should find more bottom of the net from dead ball situations given the height in the team.
He added: “I think it is important that you know that the goals will come from different positions.
“We also have midfielders who can score goals. I’d like to score a little more on sets on set with that team’s size.
“But I was happy with Marcus, Anthony and Mason and everyone else who comes in.
“The position of center forward in which I played is so important for them to achieve the goals of trust. I think all of them have done really well this season.”
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