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Man Utd news: Anthony Martial will be a force this season - Jesse Lingard
JESSE LINGERED believes his Manchester United team-mate Anthony Martial will be a force this season.
Jesse Lingard says Anthony Martial will be a force for Manchester United this season
Martial has enjoyed an impressive start to the season, despite being used by Jose Mourinho as a bit-part player so far.
He’s only started three games across all competitions, but has scored four goals and provided two assists in his seven outings.
The France international contributed to two goals in Wednesday night’s 4-1 Carabao Cup win over Burton.
And Lingard believes if Martial plays as he did against Burton for the rest of the season, the 21-year-old will be key for Manchester United.
If he continues to do that throughout the season, he'll be a force
And fellow goalscorer Lingard said: "When he is running at you, any defender is going to be put on the back foot.
"If he continues to do that throughout the season, he'll be a force this season.
"I thought we dominated the game throughout. With the pace we had up front, we pressed them early on and the early goal helped us a lot.
"It puts them on the back foot and starts us off on the front foot and we wanted more goals after that."