United go into Sunday’s derby with a slight striker scoring problem. City forward Erling Haaland has scored more Premier League goals this season (9) than United’s five forwards have managed in all competitions (8).
United’s top scorer this season is actually defensive midfielder Casemiro with four strikes so far.
Asked if their forwards are to blame for this frontline problem, Ten Hag replied: “Fault? It’s co-operation. It has to click.
“We have shown in some games, we have so many in overload positions to the opponents goal and we don’t net or don’t even hit the target. We should be doing this better.”
It has been a sobering start to the season for Marcus Rashford, who has one goal so far this term for United. But Ten Hag says he has full faith that the England forward, who scored 30 goals last season, can find his scoring boots again.
“If you give him the trust and I play him every game, most games also he finishes the game. I have strong belief he will return to scoring a lot of goals,” said Ten Hag.
“It also has to do with the co-operation, with the movement around and the distribution to him. We have to work on that and that’s my focus point.”
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