'That's what's happening now' - how the Manchester United dressing room has changed since Ruben Amorim arrived

Joshua Zirkzee thanked his Manchester United teammates for helping him after he ended his 18-game goalscoring drought.

Zirkzee scored twice in United's 4-0 Premier League thrashing of Everton, having last scored for the club on his debut against Fulham on August 16.

The 23-year-old made his first league start in nine weeks against Everton and struck either side of half-time to contribute to United's first league victory by a four-goal margin since the opening day of the 2021-22 campaign.

Zirkzee believes the turbulence United experienced in the first few months of the season has fostered closer relationships in the dressing room after a change of head coach.

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"Hard times create strong people and strong people bond. I think that's what's happening now," Zirkzee said. "Obviously, the longer it takes before you get back on the scoresheet the more frustrating it gets.

"But I have some great teammates who always keep my head up as well when I'm not keeping it up. They helped me a lot during that time as well. Today they were happy for me as well."

Zirkzee's tendency to drop deep jars with new head coach Ruben Amorim's preference for a frontman to stay high up the pitch but the Dutchman coolly slotted in both of his goals from inside the area.

The £36.5million signing was reticent when asked if Amorim had requested a different role to Erik ten Hag. "Er... Yeah, maybe. I dunno... Yeah, that's a good question.

"I felt comfortable today in the role I was in. Of course, the goal helps as well for a striker, so that also helps. But yeah, we all came out with the confidence that we were gonna win this