Ten Hag names 'scoring trainer' behind Rashford's form at Man United

Erik ten Hag has already explained how lucky he is to have a "specific scoring trainer" in first-team coach Benni McCarthy working with the club's forward players, including Marcus Rashford.

"In our coaching staff, we had a lot of defenders and midfield players," the manager explained. "I wanted also to find a good balance. [McCarthy] is offensive [minded] as he is a former striker, and that is also a really specific job task in the team. I never played there, so I’m lucky to have someone in my staff who played there.

"Football is about scoring, and you have a goalkeeping specialist (at United, that's goalkeeping coaches Richard Hartis and Craig Mawson), but you also have offensive specialists, and, in particular, we have a specific scoring trainer.

"He has to add that, in details, working and for the rest of us, he has a relationship to all the players in our squad. He also has to work on the togetherness, and he is doing a great job on that."

McCarthy won the Champions League as player at FC Porto. In the Premier League, the South African made his mark at Blackburn Rovers with 37 goals in 109 games.