Paul Scholes believes Erling Haaland will goal Lisandro Martinez during Manchester United’s Premier League match against Manchester City on Saturday.
Michael Carrick is about for a troublesome test in his first game as United’s interim head coach as his side host City at Old Trafford in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off.
For the derby against City, Carrick is predicted to persist with a back 4 which Darren Fletcher utilized in the 2-2 draw with Burnley, in addition to within the 2-1 defeat to Brighton within the FA Cup on Sunday.
Martinez began in each of those matches but Scholes is worried that Haaland, who has already scored 20 goals within the Premier League this season, will dominate the Argentine World Cup winner.
‘I actually at all times fancied us over the previous few years once we used to play counter-attack against them, with Rashford up front and the speed, I don’t think we’ve got that now,’ Nicky Butt said on The Good, The Bad and The Football.
‘I don’t think we’ve got the pace up there now to play counter-attack.’
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Haaland’s threat was then raised throughout the conversation, with Scholes asking: ‘Who’ve we got to stop him?’
Butt replied: ‘Do you reckon they’ll throw Harry [Maguire] straight in? They’re going to must, aren’t they? But when Haaland goes against Martinez…’
Scholes said: ‘There’s every likelihood he [Haaland] will goal him [Martinez], in fact he’ll.’
Butt added: ‘To be fair, nobody can handle him [Haaland]. He’s that good, that powerful, he’s just ridiculous.’
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