Man United's £36.5m summer signing Joshua Zirkzee reveals what helped him through 'frustrating' 17-game dry spell - and hints at 'slight differences' under Ruben Amorim
Joshua Zirkzee has thanked his Manchester United team-mates for helping him through a ‘frustrating’ 17-game goal drought before he scored twice in Sunday’s victory over Everton at Old Trafford. Zirkzee enjoyed a dream start to life at United following a £36.5million summer move from Bologna when he scored the winning goal on his debut against Fulham in August. The most important thing is that we keep going.’ Joshua Zirkzee thanks his team-mates for getting him through his dry spell in front of goal The Dutch summer signing scored twice in United's 4-0 thrashing of Everton at the weekend Ruben Amorim's 3-4-3 formation saw Zirkzee work well with Amad Diallo and Bruno Fernandes Zirkzee wasn’t seen as a natural No 9 when United signed him in the summer, but he enjoyed the central role with Amad Diallo and Bruno Fernandes playing either side in Amorim’s 3-4-3 formation. There were a couple of moments where it could've gone differently, but I think we stayed strong as a team and 4-0 was a great result.’ Fernandes set up Zirkzee’s first goal after Amad had stolen the ball off Jarrad Branthwaite, and Amad got an assist for the second after winning a tackle with James Tarkowski.
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