Ralf Rangnick is reportedly eyeing up Borussia Dortmund defender Manuel Akanji amid suggestions he could leave the Bundesliga club this summer.
22.01.2022 - 07:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Ralf Rangnick admits it is 'weird' Manchester United have had over 100 corners in the Premier League this season and not scored from one.
United have taken 114 corners in 21 league games but seldom come close to scoring. They have not scored from a corner since Craig Dawson's own goal settled a 1-0 win over West Ham at Old Trafford in March.
A United player has not nodded in direct from a corner since Harry Maguire equalised against Sheffield United in January of last year.
Bruno Fernandes, Jadon Sancho, Alex Telles and Luke Shaw have shared corner-taking duties throughout the campaign but the delivery is often inadequate and Rangnick is bemused by United's lack of a threat at corners.
"In the end, this is a question of training time but is also a question of deliveries," Rangnick said. "And this is really a little bit weird, to be honest, because we players who should be technically able to deliver the balls in the right way.
"But we still have to work on that and we still need to improve in those areas. At least we scored a goal after a free-kick against Villa. The first goal at Villa Park was after a free-kick, but I fully agree we haven’t conceded as yet in the last weeks and months but we should also be more dangerous and more effective on set-pieces ourselves.
"It’s a question of training but it’s also a question of quality of deliveries even more so when it’s free-kicks from the side."
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