Manchester United have lost 13 matches this season (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
Manchester United legend Paul Scholes says the club have a ‘real problem’ following their 13th defeat of the season.
The Red Devils were beaten 2-0 by West Ham at the London Stadium after another dismal performance.
United had six days rest before the trip to London, while West Ham were beaten 5-1 by Liverpool on Wednesday night.
But the Red Devils created just one real chance of note in the first half when Alejandro Garnacho missed a one-on-one.
After failing to score in the capital, it’s now four matches since United lost scored a goal.
And Scholes says United’s lack of threat is a ‘real problem’.
United have failed to score in four matches (Photo by Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)
‘United have got real problems. Goalscoring is a real issue. It’s four games without a goal and without creating really. Second half I can’t think of a save that the goalkeeper has had to make,’ said Scholes.
‘Sometimes you go through seasons where one or two of your forwards are struggling with confidence and can’t score goals but it’s every single one of them. You talk about McTominay with six goals as your leading goalscorer, he’s a midfield player. The forward players have got to stand up, find some confidence from somewhere and bring some threat to the team. There’s no threat in the team.
‘You have to say it’s a very patched up team. I know young Mainoo made the mistake but I thought he was very good throughout the game, very controlled and playing above his years really. I thought the young centre half didn’t really have too much to do but goalscoring is a real problem, they’ve got to solve that somehow.
‘It sums it up. You spend a lot of money on players and you expect more from them. You had Marcus Rashford who was brilliant last year but again he can’t find the form or the net. The easiest thing to coach in football is defending and to get yourselves in shape. The hardest thing to coach in my opinion is to teach them how to score goals. You can’t get inside their heads, you can’t pass the ball for them, you can’t make decisions for them. That has to come from them. In the past that quality has been there but at this moment in time it’s seriously lacking.’
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