Man United’s Goals Will Soon Come, Says Jones

Jesse Lingard of Manchester United looks to drive through the middle of midfield past West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini

Phil Jones says the Manchester United players have to believe the goals will come if they continue to create as many chances as they did against West Ham United on Sunday.

Man. United website reports Monday that despite dominating the majority of the game against the Hammers at Old Trafford, the Reds could not find the elusive winner and the game finished in a 1-1 draw.

The team’s previous game against Feyenoord in the Europa League had yielded four goals but it’s in the Premier League where United have been struggling to kill teams off recently, especially at Old Trafford, where Jose Mourinho’s men have been held to four consecutive draws.

Speaking to reporters after Sunday’s game, Jones felt the Reds were yet again unlucky but wants the team to remain positive that the goals will start to flow.

“We created the chances again but we were unlucky in front of goal. We could have killed the game before half-time. We created some good chances but unfortunately it wasn’t to be,” he said.

“I thought we controlled the game and should have won, but we couldn’t get that final goal. We just need to keep creating the chances like we are doing and hopefully we are going to hit someone like we did against Feyenoord the other night.”

Jones expects Wednesday’s EFL Cup quarter-final against the same opposition to be a different encounter but reiterated the need for United to keep creating the opportunities to score.

“We just need to stick together, keep training well and keep creating the chances, and we will get the goals,” the centre-back insisted.

“We need to go again. Wednesday night is another important game and we want to win. I think it will be a completely different game to this one but we need to prepare right as it comes around quickly.”