My main issue isn't really with our finishing, Like Van Gaal keeps saying. We don't create enough clear cut chances. After every match that we haven't managed to win, he says something along the lines of "We need to finish our chances" or "the luck with our finishing wasn't there, but we created enough" but i find myself disagreeing.
When we find ourselves with clear openings, we usually put them away. The problem is the amount we create. Unless you're Ruud Van Nistelrooy, you're always going to miss the odd chance, so 1 or 2 per game isn't enough. To routinely have games where you don't register a shot on target until 50, 60, 70 minutes is usually going to see you struggling for goals.
Even Rojo is talking about how we aren't converting our created chances by not being clinical
MANCHESTER UNITED
By Tom Webber
The Argentina defender indicated his disappointment with the defeat to Middlesbrough and insisted that the goals will come sooner rather than later
Marcos Rojo is concerned by
Manchester United's lack of goals after
Louis van Gaal's men drew blanks in each of their previous two fixtures.
United followed up a 0-0 draw at home to local rivals Manchester City last Sunday with a penalty shoot-out elimination at the hands of Middlesbrough following a 120 goalless minutes in the last 16 of the League Cup, also at Old Trafford.
The Argentine believes the team's difficulty in finding the back of the net cost them on Wednesday and needs to be addressed quickly.
"The best chances [in the match with Middlesbrough] fell to us, but we couldn't manage to convert any of them," Rojo told
MUTV.
"So then it went to penalties, which are always a lottery, and unfortunately it wasn't to be for us this time.
"It hurt a lot and we were still smarting afterwards because it's an important competition and we wanted to go a lot further in it.
"So coming off the back of two games on the trot without being on the mark does hurt and frustrate you a bit, but we are doing a good job at the back and defending well.
"We just need to turn the chances that we're creating into goals."
Louis van Gaal's side travel to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday and Rojo is expecting a difficult game in London.
He believes the visitors will need to be wary of Yannick Bolasie, Bakary Sako and former United winger Wilfried Zaha.
"They will be strong and will try and take the game to us, but we need to go there ready to battle hard for the entire 90 minutes if we want to grab all three points," he said.
"I've seen a few of their games and they are very skilful and above all very quick, so we are going to have to be on our guard and mark them tightly to deny them the space they need to play well."
