Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Sport
Samuel Luckhurst

Add Amad and sign a striker - how Manchester United can improve their goalscoring under Erik ten Hag

There is an unwanted parallel with Manchester United's last Dutch manager: the current United has scored as many Premier League goals as the pitiful 49 they scraped in Louis van Gaal's second season.

It is easy to forget when researching United's impotence this term how soporific the 2015-16 season was for the Old Trafford denizens. Between Juan Mata's penalty against Wolfsburg on September 30 and Jesse Lingard's header against Stoke on February 2, the Scoreboard End - the goal United traditionally attack in the first half - did not witness a single goal.

In 11 successive home matches, the interval scoreline read: 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.