There are two ways of looking at Manchester United's win over Brentford. It was either an impressive return to winning ways by grinding out a gritty three points or a concern that they were largely unconvincing against lacklustre opposition.
United's problem is that they are not great goal scorers. The positive, though, is that they do have at least one great goal scorer in their side this season.
Marcus Rashford has relished the responsibility of leading the United attack under Erik ten Hag, but the side has now become so reliant on his output that unless he scores, it is hard to see a goal coming from anywhere else.
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That was the case again in the win over Brentford, as Rashford rifled in from close range after a clever lay-off from Marcel Sabitzer, as a rare moment of attacking quality was rewarded.
It took Rashford's tally to 28 for the season across all competitions, an incredible individual feat only further amplified by the lack of goals elsewhere in the squad.
The England international has scored more than double that of their second-highest scorer, Bruno Fernandes (10), and has scored more goals than their second, third, and fourth-highest scorers combined.
"Yeah, it's the truth," Ten Hag admitted at full-time when asked if his side were over-reliant on Rashford. "But also we know other players can score as well. Bruno can score a goal, Antony dos Santos has already scored a couple of goals. Jadon Sancho can score a goal. Marcel Sabitzer can score a goal.
"We have many more players across the squad who can score; some already have. What you want as a squad is two players who can score more than, say, 12 or 15 goals a season."
Rashford has scored three more goals this season than the four players Ten Hag named have combined for. It says a lot that Anthony Martial is still the joint fourth-highest scorer for United, despite only playing in 15 of a possible 48 matches this campaign.
Ten Hag has made it his priority to add a new striker to his side in the summer window to help address the imbalance, but even then, he will still need to harness more firepower from those already at the club.
Tottenham talisman Harry Kane is the prime striker target and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen remains of interest to United. Ten Hag is also an admirer of Benfica frontman Goncalo Ramos and Mohammed Kudus of Ajax, while they are keeping tabs on Eintracht Frankfurt striker Randal Kolo Muani and Atalanta goalscorer Rasmus Hojlund.
There is hope that adding a proven scorer to the team will make United title challengers next season, though the real key could be getting the best out of what they've already got.
Antony has netted seven goals in his debut season and could add more of a goal threat to his game once he has fully adapted to his new surroundings, and teenager Alejandro Garnacho has already shown plenty of promise to indicate he has plenty more to give.
Fernandes has provided a steady stream of attacking output ever since he joined the club, while there have been glimpses of promise from Sancho despite his largely stagnant spell. Sabitzer looked much better when given attacking freedom in midweek, and he too could supplement the forwards with a few goals every season.
What is clear is that while adding a new striker will certainly bring the immediate lift in quality required, Ten Hag's real challenge will be to fine-tune the forwards already at his disposal.
United have many players who can score; now they need to actually do it.
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