Arjen Robben is one of the great players to have left United, but Erik ten Hag hopes Antony can follow the Dutch great.
Antoine is amazing
Erik ten Hag believes Antony can follow Arjen Robben's example at Manchester United after ending his Premier League scoring drought.
Antony scored his first league goal since 9 October in a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest, where the Brazilian also provided his first Premier League assist for Diogo Dalot in the 76th minute.
The 22-year-old has now scored eight goals for United in his first season, after agreeing a £85.51m deal with Ajax on the last day of the September transfer window.
Antony drew preliminary comparisons with Robben, a left-footed right-winger known for his left-foot slit during an illustrious career in which he won trophies with Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern. Munich. Robben, who turned down United to join Chelsea in 2004, also helped the Netherlands reach the 2010 World Cup final and the 2014 World Cup semi-finals. Dutch player Ten Hag directly compared Antony to Robin .
"At first, he had a moment or two that should have turned to Christian Eriksen," Ten Hag points out. "It's very important in top football, the right moment, the right moment to make the pass is huge, it makes all the impact, that's the difference between a goal and a goalless one.
"The goal he took, he was in the right place at the right time to get the rebound. The second goal was a great team goal, the way we built it, the way Antony made the pass and made the pass at the right time, and Diogo's movement was amazing. It's good to see.
"He (Antony) knows, I also know, when you're a striker, you need an end product. But he's had quite a few end products. He's scored in every arena, eight. table, the first year at United wasn't bad and there were still games to play. "But he has to do it, I can't say in every game, but in many games if you want to be a top player and especially in every league.
"In the Premier League there are a lot of quality defenders and you have to perform at a very high level. It's important to scan, make the right decisions. There is only one common moment where you have to make that decision. He needs to step up. Today was an example, with two goals he made the right decision.
"First, I know he can use his right (foot) too, he needs to do that more. But second, I think there were some games in the week (against Sevilla), he can also play.
"But inside he's very good. So I've seen a lot, for example Arjen Robben. They say he has only one trick but the trick is so brilliant that no one can stop him.
"Of course we have to show that if you can go both ways, you'll have more variation, you'll be harder to stop. But to improve on something you're really good at, the first few meters. His first with the ball like dribbling is so special that I think they are very difficult to counter. So he has to keep doing that."
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