Man Utd’s lack of goals is ‘really embarrassing’ according to Alan Shearer (Getty / BBC)
Alan Shearer has doubled down on the criticism of Antony and Alejandro Garnacho following Manchester United’s defeat at West Ham.
United were toothless going forward once again on Saturday as they lost 2-0 at the London Stadium, a result that leaves the club eighth in the table at Christmas – 12 points off leaders Arsenal.
Erik ten Hag’s side have had many issues this season – on and off the pitch – with one worrying problem being their inability to find the back of the net.
Only bottom of the table Sheffield United have scored fewer than the Red Devils’ 18 goals.
This can be partly attributed to the poor form of £72million summer signing Rasmus Hojlund, who is yet to score in the Premier League, but has netted five goals in the Champions League.
Many have blamed the service the young striker has been getting – or in many cases has not been getting – with Shearer adding his voice to this criticism.
‘Really embarrassing from a United point of view – 18 goals this season,’ the Premier League’s all-time top goal scorer told Match of the Day.
Antony is still to score or assist this season (Photo: Getty)
‘Ten Hag says “we’ve got to stick to the plan” – I haven’t got a clue what that plan is to be honest and I’ve been watching Manchester United quite a lot this season.
‘They’ve got to get more people into the box. Poor passes, wrong options, not creating any chances at all.’
To emphasis this point, he highlighted a stat that shows that Antony has passed to Hojlund just six times this season – an average of 1.2 passes per 90 minutes.
Alejandro Garnacho is not on the same wavelength as his Man Utd teammates (Photo: Getty)
Furthermore, Garnacho has managed just five passes to his Danish teammate – an average of 1 per 90, with Shearer adding: ‘That should be happening per game, not over five or six games!’
‘We can see what’s drastically wrong, and they’re never going to score goals unless they improve on that.’
The Newcastle legend had previously slated Antony following his performance at Liverpool last week, saying playing alongside the Brazil winger ‘would do his nut in’.
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Doubling down on Shearer’s point, fellow pundit Micah Richards highlighted another stat comparing the numbers of United’s front three to that of their West Ham counterparts.
In the league this season, Mohammed Kudus, Lucas Paqueta and Jarrod Bowen have between them scored 19 goals and made seven assists.
Garnacho, Antony and Hojlund have just one goal and one assist combined – both of which were courtesy of the Argentine.
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