Introduction: Zirkazi explains

MANCHESTER, England

There’s nothing like a late goal from a new striker
to boost confidence going into the season,
and that’s exactly what Joshua Zirkzee gave

Manchester United and coach Erik den Haag.
With the Red Devils’ season set to struggle after
a string of missed opportunities, the £36.5m

summer signing from Bologna

summer signing from Bologna came on as a substitute
and scored his 87th goal in a 1-0 win over
Fulham on Friday. . -Minute opening goal.

Zirkzee’s celebration was relatively calm given what he had done,
while Ten Hoag’s reaction, with both fists above
his head on the line, was a mixture of joy and relief.

This will be the United manager’s first chance since
the 2023/24 season to show everyone that this
season will be different, something that would

be difficult to achieve at home after the first round draw. Instead, Hague took the opportunity to talk about the positives, and Zirsky had most of them.

“It’s great that the striker comes and gets his first goal,” Den Haag said after the game. “Winning makes me very happy. It is always important to start the season with a win. We are not ready as a team, many players are not fully ready as a team. We only trained with this team for 10 days.”

“I expect more from this team, but we have a foundation to build on. The performance was good, there was definitely room for improvement in the 90 minutes, but I think the overall performance and execution of the game plan was very good.”

United won their first game 1-0 last season but have been warned they will lose four of their next five games. A fresh start at Old Trafford with new owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, new managers Dan Ashworth and Omar Brada and new players like Zirksee knows this better than anyone. If you get good results, they will continue.

Zirkzee arrived on time for the first delivery.