Manchester United need top-quality striker if title aspirations are to be realised, says Jamie Carragher | Football News

Manchester United want a top-class striker after Sunday’s tactically courageous efficiency at Chelsea was undermined by a scarcity of high quality up entrance, says Jamie Carragher.

United prolonged their unbeaten away Premier League run to twenty video games with a 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge, however the stalemate noticed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s facet fail to attain in opposition to big-six opposition for the sixth consecutive Premier League match.

It means Bruno Fernandes’ penalty in October’s 6-1 defeat to Tottenham is the one aim United have scored in opposition to any of their big-six rivals in seven conferences this season, with the draw leaving them 12 factors behind Premier League leaders Manchester Metropolis.

Carragher believes United want an injection of high quality on the degree of Spurs striker Harry Kane or Borussia Dortmund frontman Erling Haaland if their title aspirations are to be realised.

“I would not describe Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as a defensive supervisor, this can be a man who has performed for Manchester United in these attacking groups through the years,” Carragher instructed Monday Evening Soccer.

“However proper now, I believe Manchester United have a high quality situation. When the ball truly goes as much as the entrance gamers, is there sufficient high quality there?

“They’re the highest scorers within the Premier League, however have they acquired that participant who can rating targets in decisive video games and take them to the league title?

“Individuals speak about United needing a proper winger, they usually do, however they want a centre ahead extra. If United had [Marcus] Rashford on the left, a brand new centre-forward, and [Mason] Greenwood supplementing a brand new proper winger, that may tackle the shortage of high quality.

“You have a look at the choices. On this nation it is Harry Kane, or Erling Haaland who’s coming by means of. You wonder if they’re gamers Manchester United must be concentrating on.”

‘Man Utd must be available in the market for Kane, Haaland’

Former Manchester United striker Mark Hughes believes not one of the ahead gamers at his former membership have proven actual want to make the centre-forward berth their very own at Outdated Trafford, and Kane and Haaland have to be gamers on their radar.

“United have gotten good high quality on the high finish of the pitch however they want somebody in like Edinson Cavani 5 years in the past, when he was in his pomp,” Hughes mentioned.

“United most likely acquired Cavani on the improper time however he is nonetheless an impressive centre-forward; when he performs on this workforce, he offers them extra focus, extra confidence going into his ft, and issues occur round him.

“With Martial, Rashford and Greenwood, all of them need to play in any place aside from by means of the center. They’ve all been tried down the center, however you sense none of them actually need to be there.

“United want somebody with that high quality down the center and Harry Kane and Erling Haaland are actually the kind of participant they must be available in the market for.

“Whether or not these gamers are accessible, and whether or not United have the flexibility to draw these gamers stays to be seen, as a result of lots of golf equipment will covet them.”

Analysing Man Utd’s ‘courageous’ efficiency at Chelsea

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Manchester United could have prolonged their big-six fixture aim drought to 6 video games in Sunday’s stalemate at Stamford Bridge however Carragher was impressed with a courageous tactical method which nullified Chelsea and really almost gained them the sport.

“Once we speak about ‘going for it’, there is a distinction between what you do on the ball and what you off the ball,” Carragher added.

“We have been very crucial of Jose Mourinho as Manchester United supervisor previously as a result of once they did not have the ball it was nearly like they’d a again six, it was actually deep.

“I assumed Sunday’s efficiency at Chelsea was one of many bravest I’ve seen Manchester United with out the ball.

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“Tactically, the 2 large gamers – Daniel James and Marcus Rashford – had a job to do. The entrance three pressed Chelsea’s again three nearly man for man, and when the ball was on one facet, the participant on the far facet got here into midfield and nullified Chelsea’s field midfield. Together with Fred, Scott McTominay and Bruno Fernandes, the addition of the large participant meant they at all times had 4 gamers in midfield.

“United have been very courageous on the press, each Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Luke Shaw have been tight to Chelsea’s wing-backs, and the 2 centre-backs, who we now have criticised for not being excessive sufficient or urgent excessive sufficient, have been on the entrance foot essentially the most I’ve seen.

“It nearly value them the sport, and nearly gained them the sport. They have been very courageous, urgent man to man everywhere in the pitch, however in that remaining third they only did not have that high quality.”