Antony assist vs Wolves masks key issue Manchester United star is still yet to overcome

Antony could have gone for goal in the first half against Wolves and add to his goal tally for Manchester United.

After his summer move from Ajax, the Brazilian international has scored eight goals in all competitions for the Old Trafford club. For a maiden season in English football and for a winger, it is a respectable return and he could yet end it in double figures, so it would have been understandable to take aim.

But instead, the 23-year-old went against his goalscoring instinct - which must have been strong. It would have been all the more potent with Wolves stopper Daniel Bentley coming out to close the gap to close off any opportunity for the United man.

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But Antony did what proved to be the right thing, making the correct choice at the optimum moment, the moments which help to make a player world-class if repeated sufficiently over time. He unselfishly passed to his right to a free Anthony Martial who had a simple finish to slot home into a largely empty net.

The goal put United ahead in the encounter. Erik ten Hag's side huffed and puffed at times against the West Midlands side but got the job done in the end with another three points which could well prove to be so key to their Champions League qualification hopes - that has been called into question following recent losses to Brighton & Hove Albion and West Ham United.

Despite Antony making the right call to put United in front at Old Trafford and get their noses ahead, not long after as the first half drew towards its conclusion, Antony demonstrated an issue which still illustrated he has developments to make in his game. If it had been properly