Ten Hag: I'm confident more goals will come for Ronaldo

Manchester United beat Sheriff with 3 goals during their Europe League match on Thursday. Diego Dalot and Marcus Rashford were on the scoresheet for United. Ronaldo who returned to starting line-up after being left out of the squad for the game against Chelsea also scored a goal.

"Seeing Ronaldo get his goal was great,"

Ten Hag said during his post-match interview with BT Sport.

"He created, the team created for him, and we know he has the capability to finish. He needed a goal and now I'm confident there will be more goals.

"[The team's performance] was okay. Of course, you hope you score in the first half hour, so it took a bit long, but we deserved that goal.

"The second half, we scored two more good goals from open play and I'm pleased with the clean sheet because we gave nothing away. It was a focused win."

Erik ten Hag also explained his decision to substitute Antony at half-time and insist he was not replaced for his showboating. 

"No. It was more or less planned if we were up.

"I wanted to see Marcus and Cristiano close together, and the dynamic on the right side."

If Manchester United wants to win Group E must beat Real Sociedad by two goals next week otherwise they potentially could face a team dropping from the Champions League in the last 16.

Rashford who scored his 99th goal for Manchester United said:

"Not getting the first goal quickly leads to a mix between frustration and calmness, you have to be calm to create chances and be clinical in taking them.

"Scoring before half-time was a big help, it allowed us to look for more goals and space, and we found them. It was about getting the job done.

"We have to go [to Real Sociedad] and score by two goals. We have to score goals, but defend well. It is going to be a tough game, but looking forward to the challenge."

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