Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag showed frustration at his side inability to convert their chances in their 1-0 win over Fulham in the opening game of the 2024-25 Premier League campaign.
The Red Devils failed to deliver in front of their club faithful in their much anticipated opener, with a number of unburied opportunities.
Last season’s FA Cup winners, however, only found a way through substitute Joshua Zirkzee netting a late goal on his competitive debut.
“I think one area we have to get right is how to kill [games] in the box,” Ten Hag said to newsmen.
“We saw it in the friendlies and last week against [Manchester] City [in United’s Community Shield loss].
“We created enough chances and should not to have wait for a late winner. We have to be more composed and kill teams.
“Maybe it is because it is the start of the season, players have to come into full speed. We have enough players with scoring abilities.”
With the winning goal, coming off the boot of Zirkzee, Ten Hag talked up the abilities of his latest signing.
“He [Zirkzee] had an injury at the end of his career at Bologna,” Ten Hag said. “We have to build up some deficits.
“He has some attributes we didn’t have and straight away he showed it. He is very good in his linking up combinations. We have some very good ball-playing combinations in the team, but he has to arrive in the box to score goals and he did that tonight.
“He is a Man United player and it is very good for a striker coming in and scoring his first goal.”
