Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said he hopes his club will improve now that Anthony Martial is back and scoring.
The French youngster had been out for almost two months with a thigh strain before returning as a substitute in the Premier League draw against Liverpool last week.
He netted the only goal of the game as Mufc beat Partizan Belgrade in the Europa League on Thursday.
Speaking after the game, Ole feels Martial can make things happen for the club in the league, having been subbed off in the 60th minute to be fresh for Sunday’s game vs Norwich.
His words, “We’ve not created as many [chances] as we’d have liked and not scored as many as we’d have liked,”
“Now Anthony is back, he got a goal, and I’m sure we’ll see us improve as a team with Anthony in the side. He does give us something different.”
“I hope we’re going to stop [Norwich] because it’s always going to be difficult down at Carrow Road but we’re ready for it now. We’ve got some players back.
“I managed to take Aaron [Wan-Bissaka] and Anthony off after 60 minutes as they were out a long time. Hopefully, it will be a fresh team because we need to be up at our best to have a chance.”
On the players still injured, “We’re working very hard to get them fit and, hopefully, we can get them back soon,”
“I’m not going to put a deadline on it but it won’t be long, hopefully.”
Even if he was forced into the change, Ole has said the new formation suits his players very well. His words, “I think injuries have made us get into the position where the performances didn’t come and we had fit centre-backs, good centre-backs, and quality centre-backs.
“It just made it easier to go to a back three against Liverpool and again in Serbia.
“We’ve got Jesse [Lingard] back, who can play in a three in midfield, and the players who played for us on Thursday, for example, Sergio [Romero] played in a World Cup final, Marcos Rojo played in a back three in a World Cup final and [Phil Jones] and Harry [Maguire] played in a semi-final. Jesse played in his position.
“It’s just injuries that have made us go into this position but it’s working quite well.”
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