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Manchester United have no obvious answer to their Anthony Martial dilemma

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A response is needed from Manchester United's forwards tomorrow night, though supporters have every right to feel dubious about them actually doing so.

They were excused after struggling to score against Omonia last midweek, given the excellent individual performance of Francis Uzoho between the posts.

It was labelled as 'just one of those days' when things don't go quite right. If you were to replay the match, then United might have won it by a four or five-goal margin.

Instead, they relied on Scott McTominay's late strike to secure three points. Over the weekend, that narrative changed. United's narrow win was harder to justify as a bad day at the office when it was followed up by a goalless draw against Newcastle, a match in which Erik ten Hag's side managed just two shots on goal. READ NEXT: Eddie Howe gives verdict on disallowed Cristiano Ronaldo goal United were affected by the absence of arguably their two most influential attackers in the shape of Anthony Martial and Christian Eriksen, and their creativity suffered.

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