Manchester United winger Daniel James was thoroughly impressed with his team’s vibrant attack in Sunday’s 3-1 win over Brighton & Hove Albion and was adamant they could maybe have scored eight goals at the weekend.
The Red Devils were massively disappointing in last weekend’s 1-0 defeat against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium last weekend, struggling to trouble the Cherries’ backline.
But it was a completely different story in the Europa League on Thursday when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men beat Partizan Belgrade 3-0 and again shone during the visit of Brighton at the Amex Stadium three days later.
Brazilian midfielder Andreas Pereira’s deflected effort and a Davy Propper’s own goal was decisive early on and, although Lewis Dunk pulled one back for the hosts, United’s talisman Marcus Rashford sealed the win and ensured that the three points returned to the red half of Manchester.
But the story of the game was completely different as the scoreline flattered Brighton in terms of United’s dominance, as Rashford went on to miss another couple of presentable chances, while James, Anthony Martial, Brandon Williams, and Fred all went close in the latter stages of the game missing the opportunity to register a convincing victory.
Despite being content with the result young Welsh winger Daniel James spoke of the win and explained that United should have been more clinical, “The high press paid off, that’s what we have been about all season, playing with energy right from the start. We were a little bit edgy when they scored and it was good to score again on the break, but we could have scored also seven or eight goals.”
United moved into seventh place on the Premier League table and Solskjaer will be hoping to continue that impressive form after the international break.
