Erik ten Hag says he wants to see Alejandro Garnacho replicate his excellent performance in Manchester United's Carabao Cup win over Crystal Palace on a more consistent basis after assessing his early season displays as "not good enough".
Having secured a much-needed Premier League victory at Burnley on Saturday evening, the Red Devils ran out comfortable 3-0 victors against Roy Hodgson’s south Londoners on Tuesday night.
Garnacho, 19, put the League Cup holders ahead at Old Trafford, slotting home Diogo Dalot’s cutback on 21 minutes. Casemiro scored and then crossed for Anthony Martial’s goal to assure United's place in the fourth round.
Argentina international Garnacho began United’s first two matches of the season, but this was the first time he was named in the starting line-up since the defeat to Tottenham Hotspur five weeks ago. “You have seen at the start of the season we played him and then his contribution was not good enough,” said United manager Ten Hag. “But he also had some good actions.