Manchester United are no longer a team that averages a goal a game

Since Manchester United beat PSG in the Champions League in March they have played 19 games and scored just 17 goals.
Manchester United were lethargic against West Ham at the London Stadium on Sunday and their shortcomings were punished. It was the first game of the season in which United failed to score, but due to their toothlessness in attack has been a real issue for some time. Having previously been concerned about their team’s defence System, fans should be worried about the state of their attack. This team is struggling to exert any dominance in matches. 
    
Since their stunning 3-1 victory over PSG in the Champions League in March, They have only scored more than a single goal in three of those 19 games (their 2-1 win against Watford in March, 2-1 win against West Ham in April and 4-0 victory over Chelsea on the opening day of this season).

For a club of Manchester United’s stature, this is a big concern for the club. It is also an alarming decline from the impact Ole Gunnar Solskjær enjoyed initially after he replaced José Mourinho. There was always likely to be a drop-off after that honeymoon period but that doesn’t render the scale of their collapse as irrelevant or excusable. Manchester United’s shot-conversion rate during Solskjær’s first 17 matches in charge – up to and including the 3-1 win at PSG – was a whopping 17.8%. For context, Liverpool had the best conversion rate in the Premier League last season at 15%.

Something has to change or the club risks losing its place in the top six, and I doubt the Club can make  the top four. The extent of the regression from Solskjær’s early reign – both in terms of attacking quality and confidence – suggests that the Norwegian is not the man to come up with a solution.

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