{"id":1133273,"date":"2020-02-25T11:07:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T11:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1133273"},"modified":"2022-09-20T14:14:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T13:14:36","slug":"anthony-martial-man-utd-new-whipping-boy-garth-crooks","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/anthony-martial-man-utd-new-whipping-boy-garth-crooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Martial has replaced Lukaku as Man Utd&#8217;s new &#8216;whipping boy&#8217;, says Crooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Garth Crooks believes Anthony Martial is the latest whipping boy at Manchester United, despite a recent upward form in front of goal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old French forward was on the scoresheet again as the Red Devils ran out 3-0 winners against Watford over the weekend.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How has Martial fared so far this season? Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The 2019\/20 season is Anthony Martial&#8217;s fifth campaign at Man Utd.<\/li>\n<li>He joined in 2015 with Louis van Gaal at the helm and famously scored on debut against Liverpool.<\/li>\n<li>Martial&#8217;s goal against Watford on matchday 27 was his 10th league goal this season.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s the third team he&#8217;s reached double figures in a Premier League season.<\/li>\n<li>Martial&#8217;s best return is 11 which he achieved in his debut campaign (2015\/16).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7510326\/embed\/v4?image_option=fullsq\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was the first time this season that Martial has scored in three consecutive games across all competitions, having also found the net in United&#8217;s 2-0 win at Chelsea and 1-1 Europa League draw with Club Brugge to take his total tally to 15, with 10 coming in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>His 10 goals puts him only behind Marcus Rashford in the race to be United&#8217;s top scorer, although the England international has missed their last five league games as he recovers from a back injury, with his 14 strikes coming in 22 games.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being productive, Martial has been unable to shake off stern criticism with many observers feeling he&#8217;s not fulfilling his potential, now in his fifth season at Old Trafford following a move from Monaco in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Since moving to Manchester, he&#8217;s managed 44 goals across 134 league appearances, but Martial hasn&#8217;t always played as a centre-forward with various coaches using him across the forward line and even playing behind the number nine.<\/p>\n<p>Crooks, who saw Martial net for United against the Hornets, feels he&#8217;s taken up the role Romelu Lukaku vacated when the Belgian marksman swapped English football for Inter Milan last summer as the target for criticism.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sancho, Haaland, Hakimi &amp; Brandt | Meet Borussia Dortmund&#039;s Fantastic Four\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OpOpxJuRT0U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_QgsfA8W1TdLADOz0txpTg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Make no mistake, Martial seems to have taken over from former striker Romelu Lukaku as United&#8217;s whipping boy,&#8221; he wrote on BBC Sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The France forward may be slightly temperamental, but he can play. If United fans want to get the best out of him, their boo-boys need to treat him with care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>&#8216;Fernandes could be the answer&#8217;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Someone the United faithful have been enjoying of late is January signing Bruno Fernandes, who scored his first goal for the club in their win over Watford.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes, who grabbed an assist against Chelsea as his ball from corner headed in by Harry Maguire, netted from the spot &#8211; a calm penalty he&#8217;d also won.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn&#8217;t done there either, as Fernandes was also involved in Mason Greenwood&#8217;s strike and Crooks feels he&#8217;s not only fast-becoming a fan favourite but solving their penalty taking conundrum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since the injury to striker Rashford and the prolonged absence of midfielder Paul Pogba, United have had problems with penalty-takers, but Fernandes could be the answer,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is also a developing relationship between Fernandes and the fans, which is hardly surprising. 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