Man Utd boss Ten Hag rejects Antony doubters

Posted Thursday, April 13, 2023 by Tribalfootball.com

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag insists he's happy with the progress of Antony.

The big money signing from Ajax has seven goals in United colours — four of which have come in the FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Europa League.

Boss Ten Hag said: "Of course, we expect from front-line players that they are not only a threat but also they have effect in the final third. And he has to work on that — but he is a young player.

"You mention he is not scoring in the Premier League but he did score a really important goal against Real Betis after half-time and he did score against Barcelona, the winner, and you can't say they are not big games. He has scored also in cup games.

"If you can do it in such games you can also do it in Premier League games, so I am not concerned about that.

"But like many more players, we have to have to step up and he has to step up as well and we have to win games together.

"He is still a very young player, he can kill opponents, we have seen on Saturday when the manager of Everton brings on another player at half-time because he is killing the left full-back. He is able to do it but he has to do it every game."