Erik ten Hag wants more from four Manchester United players

There are two ways of looking at Manchester United's win over Brentford. It was either an impressive return to winning ways by grinding out a gritty three points or a concern that they were largely unconvincing against lacklustre opposition.

United's problem is that they are not great goal scorers. The positive, though, is that they do have at least one great goal scorer in their side this season.

Marcus Rashford has relished the responsibility of leading the United attack under Erik ten Hag, but the side has now become so reliant on his output that unless he scores, it is hard to see a goal coming from anywhere else.

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That was the case again in the win over Brentford, as Rashford rifled in from close range after a clever lay-off from Marcel Sabitzer, as a rare moment of attacking quality was rewarded.

It took Rashford's tally to 28 for the season across all competitions, an incredible individual feat only further amplified by the lack of goals elsewhere in the squad.

The England international has scored more than double that of their second-highest scorer, Bruno Fernandes (10), and has scored more goals than their second, third, and fourth-highest scorers combined.

"Yeah, it's the truth," Ten Hag admitted at full-time when asked if his side were over-reliant on Rashford. "But also we know other players can score as well. Bruno can score a goal, Antony dos Santos has already scored a couple of goals. Jadon Sancho can score a goal. Marcel Sabitzer can score a goal.

"We have many more players across the squad who can score; some already have. What you want as a squad is two players who can score more than, say, 12 or 15 goals a season."

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