Here are your Manchester United evening headlines on Monday, March 20.
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Erik ten Hag believes more precise attacking routines are the main reason for Manchester United's recent goal glut.
United have scored two or more goals in each of their last 12 games across all competitions, often punishing opposition sides with incisive runs and deadly finishing. During the Carabao Cup win last Sunday in particular, it was sharp interplay between Marcus Rashford and Wout Weghorst that handed the former his goal, via the outstretched leg of Sven Botman.
Those sorts of goals have Ten Hag's side on a run of nine wins and two draws in 11 games going into Sunday's crucial trip to Anfield to face Liverpool. Defeats for Newcastle and Tottenham on Saturday have handed the Reds a chance to further cement their place in the top four.
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Two or more goals will be needed if United are to return from Merseyside with three points, and Ten Hag believes it is the improvement in combination play that has allowed his side to find their scoring form.
''We are more effective," Ten Hag told club media "That’s coming from the progress we are making in our attacking way of play. That’s about routines, getting the right structures in and how players play often together and the routines are improving, then you score more. Scoring is about small details, so when the routines are better, then when you have the opportunity to score, you are more effective, and it is higher.''
United's attack will be boosted by the return of Jadon Sancho, who missed the midweek FA Cup win over West Ham through illness, while Ten Hag also expects Luke Shaw to return from a minor injury.
The returning pair will provide a boost to United as they prepare to face an old foe. Liverpool's Champions League
Here are your Manchester United evening headlines on Monday, March 20.
Here are your Monday morning Manchester United headlines.
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