Manchester United was only scoring one goal per game in the Premier League before Sept.12. Then they bought the 19 year old French striker Anthony Martial. Since the arrival of Martial, United scored nine goals in their last three Premier League games. Martial scored three of these nine goals and had one assist.
In all competition the teenager have four goals and one assist in five games for Manchester United:
1 goal vs Liverpool/ English Premier League 3-1 win
0 goal vs PSV Eindhoven/ UEFA Champions League 2-1 loss
2 goals vs Southampton/ EPL 3-2 win
1 goal vs Ipswich Town/ Captial One Cup 3-0 win
1 assist vs Sunderland/ EPL 3-0 win
Impressive! The kid is only nineteen years old. He's younger than me! Okay, Sunderland, Southampton and Ipswich are weak teams. Can Martial keep scoring-- even against strong teams? Or is he going to dry out? Is this just a dream beginning that will fade away? Like Santino Quaresma or Freddy Adu who everybody thought was going to be a star and change US Soccer.
Or is he going to keep an impressive goal scoring record? Like Thierry Henry or Wayne Rooney.
Or is he even going to be better? I'm talking about being called the best player in the world. Like Messi and Ronaldo-- somebody's going to have to replace them. Four goals in five games for United at 19 is a great start.
Let's see what he does against Wolfsburg this Wednesday in the Champions League. The cameras are on you, youngblood.
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