Anthony Martial just agreed with biggest criticism of Manchester United this season

Before Manchester United welcomed Wolves to Old Trafford on May 13, they had scored just 49 goals in the Premier League.

Leicester had also scored 49 goals at that stage and could be playing their football in the Championship next season.

United moved beyond the 50-goal mark against Wolves but they remain well short of the rate their rivals at the top score at, with Manchester City (92), Arsenal (83), Newcastle (67) and Liverpool (60) not struggling to put opponents to the sword.

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Marcus Rashford has shouldered the scoring burden for the majority of the campaign, scoring 29 of United's 100 goals in all competitions, which makes his absence for any match a genuine concern.

Without Rashford, there is an obvious lack of firepower in the squad and it's little wonder that Erik ten Hag has made signing a striker his priority target. The Dutchman is 'obsessed' with signing Harry Kane and he would be the perfect solution.

Away from Rashford, the attackers have simply underperformed and their contributions haven't been good enough. Bruno Fernandes is the only other player who has broken double figures.

Anthony Martial, Jadon Sancho and Antony - who United paid a combined £216.41million for - have registered just over 20 goals between them and loanee Wout Weghorst has mustered two goals, both of which were rebounds.

Martial, speaking ahead of the weekend's game at Bournemouth, even acknowledged scoring goals has been a problem for the attacking unit.

"You know, we’ve got a great side, we’ve got a great squad. We’re well placed and with a lot of work between now and the end of the season, we can get there [top four]," Martial told United's in-house media.

"It