Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has insisted that Mason Greenwood must “learn the man’s game” after the youngster scored for Manchester United during a 3-0 win over Partizan Belgrade on Thursday.
The youngster produced a lively first half display and scored the opener with a clinical finish from Marcus Rashford‘s fizzing pass into the box.
Greenwood now has three senior goals to his name after five starts for United, but supporters want to see him play more – or at least more than, say, Jesse Lingard or Ashley Young.
Speaking after the game, Solskjaer explained why that could not be the case at this moment in time.
Solskjær: "If he’d [Greenwood] really stamped his authority in training every single day and been the best option he would have played every game. But as a young boy you expect ups and downs and he’s had some downs. But I think he is on his way up again." #mulive [men]
— utdreport (@utdreport) November 8, 2019
Solskjær: "He needs to learn the man's game. He’s gone up from the Under-18s, now he’s training with the first-team every day and you can’t just turn that switch on and off. You've got to perform every day if you are going to be accepted by a group like this." #mulive [men]
— utdreport (@utdreport) November 8, 2019
The Norwegian is spot on here, bringing a youngster back down to earth after he scored another goal at senior level.
In the box, Greenwood was a remarkable natural eye for where the goal is – a metric, titled the ‘KWTGIG’ (Knows Where The Goal Is Gradient), that I think we need to see more of in football writing and discourse in general – but his knowledge of the complex patterns across the pitch and absorbing and applying tactical instructions remains… elementary.
To be a good striker at this level, you have to be adept all over the pitch, not just in the box. This will take time for Greenwood, but at the age of 18, he has plenty of time to learn.
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Article Name | Solskjaer lays down challenge to Greenwood, explains why he isn't playing more |
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Published On | November 08, 2019 |
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