Manchester United’s mantra of old was ‘Attack…Attack…Attack, Attack, Attack’.
Those halcyon days were fruitful and packed full of goals with names like Cantona, Cole and Rooney (remember him) banging them in for fun.
Remember the 1999/2000 season when they scored a massive 97 goals in a Premier League season? Good times.
Pickings are slim these days at Old Trafford, though. Last season they manage to score just 49 under manager Louis van Gaal and it’s not exactly been a goal fest since Jose Mourinho took over.
October was a particularly lean month on the United scoresheets with draws against Stoke, Liverpool and Burnley and then a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Chelsea in the league.
It was only their 4-1 thumping of Fenerbahce in the Europa League and narrow victory over rivals Manchester City in the EFL Cup that got pulses racing.
So you can imagine United’s ‘goal of the month’ competition wasn’t bursting with net-busters from Mourinho’s men.
Fans picked up on the fact that the club appeared to be scrabbling around for goals to fill the quota, with two coming from the youth team and two from the same Europa League match making the cut. (You can vote here, if you want.)
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They certainly weren’t going to let United live it down either, with many commenting on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/BanterScrolls/status/794304924167393280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
What odds on Martial winning #MUFC goal of the month for October?
— mitch (@mitch102000) November 4, 2016
It's a tough one, but I reckon Martial's will get United's October Premier League goal of the month award 😂 😂 https://t.co/DVbpOmRuBG
— YNWA (@24joeallen24) November 4, 2016
Spare a thought for #manutd web team, who have compiled a goal of the month competition in a month where we scored once in the league..
— Owen Dale (@owendale_) November 4, 2016
So UTD only score one goal in October… And that one goal won goal of the month… Lol
— ℳℜ.KIИGßEEZ 🇨🇵👑🐝🇯🇲 (@lando_AFC) November 4, 2016
If you ever feel sad remember, we Manchester United fans need to vote for Goal of the month when we have scored just 1 goal in EPL.
— The Hound (@TheBloodHound_) November 4, 2016
The funniest thing I've read in a while is united fans having to vote for goal of the month, After only scoring one goal in that month. 😂😂
— . (@aightJack) November 4, 2016
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