More than a month has passed since Manchester United's 2-1 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage. Alejandro Garnacho calmly slotted the ball past past Bernd Leno to claim all three points for Erik ten Hag's side, as he became the youngest player to score an injury-time winner in the league since Federico Macheda in 2009.
The World Cup has been and gone, yet Ten Hag will have had the image of Garnacho's winner at the forefront of his mind throughout the enforced winter break. A Carabao Cup fourth-round tie against Burnley looks set to present the Argentine with yet another chance to impress.
The right-footed winger has scored both of his senior goals for United with his left-foot, something that will sit very well with his manager. Ten Hag held wrong-footed training sessions earlier in the campaign in a bid to reduce some of his squad's dependency on only using one-foot.
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The former Ajax manager loves his players to be versatile and having the ability to use both feet is vital to achieve the style of football that Ten Hag wants to instil at Old Trafford. This is something that Garnacho is well aware of, as he discussed the work he has put in to be comfortable in using either boot when needed.
Garnacho told club media : "I’ve always liked to play out wide on the left, as a right-footed player able to cut inside.
“To be able to play as a right-footed player down the left, you also have to be pretty decent with your weaker foot. From an early age, I’ve always practiced hard using both feet, because that makes you into a much better player and so nowadays I can play with both feet – not to perfection but to a good standard.
“Thankfully I was able to score those two goals with my other foot without too much difficulty.”
The Argentine will be desperate to show his manager what he is capable of against Burnley in the Carabao Cup - knowing that another good performance could see him start just his second Premier League match for United against Nottingham Forest.
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