da cassino online： “We are dominating and creating chances but haven’t been clinical enough in front of goal to win games.”
da pinnacle： That was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s observation back in August, after his Manchester United side were held to a 1-1 draw by Southampton to ensure they had won just once from their opening four Premier League games.
But in truth, that exact assessment could still be levelled at United even now. The Red Devils have scored 36 goals from their 24 matches in the top-flight – 29 less than top-scorers Manchester City, and even 16 less than top-four rivals Leicester.
Despite boasting the likes of Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood amongst their striking options for the first half of the campaign, United have looked toothless in attack – particularly when looking at where they take their shot attempts from.
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As per Whoscored, just 7% of their shots come from inside the six-yard box (which leaves them 16th in the Premier League rankings), and 46% of their efforts are within the 18-yard area (which leaves them bottom). Unsurprisingly, they are right at the very top of the list when it comes to percentage of shots taken from outside the area, with 48%. The Red Devils appear to have lost the art of finding where the easiest goals come from, and are instead choosing the more difficult option.
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Long-range screamers and thunderbolts are all well and good, but they aren’t the bread and butter of goal-scoring. In fact, Solskjaer himself admitted that United’s strikers needed to sniff out the “nasty little tap-ins” a lot more. And that is exactly where their loan signing of Odion Ighalo can help out massively.
As per Understat, in two seasons in the Premier League with Watford, the Nigerian scored all of his 16 total goals from inside the box, with only four of them being further out than the penalty spot. The 30-year-old is a true penalty-box predator who thrives on the chances United seemingly don’t want to take.
His introduction into the team can give the Red Devils a vital presence inside the most dangerous area of the pitch, and give Solskjaer’s side a poacher at the top of the attack.
Ighalo represents the missing ingredient for United, and can help solve the Red Devils’ lack of a penalty-box presence.
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