Man Utd fans will be delighted after Erik ten Hag's comments on Antony after Everton win

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has made it clear he is encouraged by Antony's recent progress at Old Trafford after the Brazilian winger found the back of the net against Everton on Sunday night. The Red Devils went a goal down from the start when Alex Iwobi picked the top corner of the range, but managed to get back level through Antony, who equalized with a fine finish just 10 minutes later. /p>

United then secured an important win before the half-time whistle, Cristiano Ronaldo firing home to claim all three points for the visitors at Goodison Park. It was Antony who received particular praise from Erik ten Hag after the game, however, with the Dutchman insisting he has been impressed with the 22-year-old's progress in recent weeks and backing him to keep going. improve as he continues. to find his feet in the Premier League.

"We have to expect more from him," said the United boss. "He needs challenges, that's why he came to the Premier League, he gets it here. He wants to play with the best players, the highest stressors against the best players and from there he will intensify.

"That's what you see: the first few weeks he scored goals, he did some good things, but I also saw a lot of room for improvement in his game, and what made me pleased with the goal he scored now was out of time to get behind. He needs to do that more, he needs to use his space.

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"He has a good dribble, but he needs more variation. In the first game he wasn't always so good in defense, but today he was really good, really disciplined. He had good positioning, good anticipation, so he had a huge impact on the performance of this team.

"He can [go more outside], that's preferred and he had to go both ways, we have to work on that and we already did that in Amsterdam with him, work on that and he can also cross with his right foot. He is a young player that we need to develop but he needs to develop."

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Antony has started in every Premier League game for United since joining the club from Ajax on the final day of the summer transfer window, scoring three goals in the process. He scored for the Red Devils against Arsenal before the international break and consoled himself in the heavy defeat at Manchester City before making his final contribution against Everton on Sunday.

However, it remains to be seen whether Antony can continue to live up to his £85million price tag by maintaining his prolific form in front of goal over the coming weeks and months. Ten Hag is desperate to keep firing on all cylinders for as long as possible to bolster United's hopes of securing Champions League qualification this season despite being an underdog in the race to win. place in the top four.

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