Manager Erik ten Hag has backed Manchester United duo Rasmus Hojlund and Marcus Rashford to start delivering the goods in front of goal ahead of Sunday's trip to Everton.
United will resume their Premier League campaign with a relatively short trip to Goodison Park, in which they will be targeting a third successive league win. The Reds signed off for the recent hiatus with back-to-back 1-0 wins over Fulham and Luton Town respectively.
Though you could not be too critical of United for taking six points from six, accompanied with back-to-back clean sheets, their lack of fluency in front of goal once again prompted difficult questions for Ten Hag to answer, with United's forwards continuing to misfire. Rashford has scored just one goal so far this term and Hojlund is still yet to get off the mark in the Premier League.
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Nevertheless, Ten Hag is optimistic that both players will soon start delivering the goods in front of goal, pointing to how Hojlund is capable of replicating his Champions League form in the Premier League. The Dane has five goals in four games in Europe so far this term.
"If you score in the Champions League five times, you will score also in the Premier League, it's just a matter of time," Ten Hag told beIN Sports. "As long as we, as a team, are creating the chances, and as long as he is convinced, I believe he will start scoring goals."
Rashford, despite scoring 30 times in all competitions last season, has struggled to deliver the goods so far this campaign. Scoring just one goal in all competitions, he is currently on a 12-game run without a goal for the Reds.
"He has proven it across all his career," Ten Hag continued. "He's scored more than 100 goals already in the Premier League.
"He scored last season; 30 goals, so there will come a moment in this season that it clicks."
Without a goal in United colours since September 3, questions have been asked about whether Rashford is over-complicating his personal game in a bid to get himself back on track.
The United manager added: "I think every striker, in the moment, has a period that he is not scoring. And then every striker starts to [over] think and when it happens, you know you were right and then you missed a moment because you have only a split moment.
"In the Premier League, Champions League, opponents defend so well, not only as individuals but as a team. You have to take benefit from that split moment to make it count that you have that half-a-yard split second and score a goal."
