Anthony Martial was again on the scoresheet for Manchester United (opens in new tab) on Saturday – and Bruno Fernandes has advised his teammate’s aim may need been right down to… a haircut.
Martial scored United’s opener as they recovered from successive defeats to take a step nearer to Champions League qualification by beating Wolves (opens in new tab) 2-0 at Outdated Trafford.
And Fernandes – who arrange Alejandro Garnacho’s victory-sealing aim in stoppage time – had a sense the Frenchman would discover the online…
Talking to United’s official web site after the sport, the Portuguese midfield string-puller joked (opens in new tab):
“I knew he [Martial] was going to attain as we speak as a result of he had his haircut with our barber.
“Each time he will get his haircut with him, he will get his aim. So, I’ll name him [the barber] each time now to go the day earlier than the sport to chop his hair as a result of we’d like this [version of] Anthony. We’d like the Anthony that scores targets, that offers us a whole lot of high quality on the ball and creates a whole lot of house for others.”
Martial’s aim – a close-range end teed up by Antony’s sq. ball simply after the half-hour mark – was his first in 9 appearances and his eighth of an injury-disrupted season.
The 27-year-old has popped up with some essential contributions for Erik ten Hag’s facet this time period – though it stays to be seen whether or not he’ll nonetheless be a United participant subsequent time period, as he strikes in direction of the ultimate 12 months of his contract.
United are again in motion on Saturday with a visit to Bournemouth (opens in new tab) – earlier than they wrap up the marketing campaign at house to Fulham (opens in new tab) and Chelsea (opens in new tab).
These remaining Premier League fixtures are adopted by the small matter of an FA Cup closing derby in opposition to Manchester Metropolis (opens in new tab).
