Paul Scholes has accused Marcus Rashford of getting a ‘simple finish’ wrong during Manchester United’s draw against Chelsea.
In Ruud van Nistelrooy’s second game in charge as interim manager, United took the lead through Bruno Fernandes’ second-half penalty only for Moises Caicedo to equalise four minutes later.
Both sides settled for a point on Sunday afternoon but United had their chances to add to their tally with Alejandro Garnacho guilty of passing up two great chances.
Rashford meanwhile was denied by the woodwork late in the first-half, latching onto a superb cross from Bruno Fernandes but was unable to get his effort on target.
But former United midfielder Scholes believes the forward made the wrong decision by trying to ‘make the goal look better’.
‘I expect him to do better. I think he is trying to make the goal look better by going high into the roof of the net. It is quite a simple side-foot volley from seven yards,’ Scholes told Premier League Productions.
‘All he has to do is keep it down.’
United’s lack of goals this season is a major concern and one of the biggest challenges incoming manager Ruben Amorim will face.
Only Southampton and Crystal Palace have scored less than them in the Premier League this season with Scholes fearing neither Garnacho, Rasmus Hojlund or Joshua Zirkzee can be relied upon to score more than 15 goals in a season.
‘It is something the new manager has to address,’ Scholes continued.
‘They have had chances this season. It has to get better. The lack of goals is a problem. we have one centre forward who we ARE not quite sure about. He [Hojlund] is a young lad but can get 20.25 goals? He looks more like a 10 to 15 man.
‘Zirkzee who they brought in for over £30million hasn’t got up and running yet. Where are the rest of the goals coming from? Marcus had that year where he scored 30. Garnacho again looks like he’s more capable of 10 to 15 instead of 20 to 25.
‘So the biggest job he [Amorim] has is to find 70-80 goals to elevate them to where they should be.’
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