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Martial welcomes No.9 pressure at Man Utd & wants to mix beautiful goals with ugly ones

Anthony Martial is aware of the pressure which accompanies being Manchester United’s No.9 and says he is ready to embrace it as he seeks to add more ugly goals to a collection of “beautiful” ones.

The Frenchman filled an iconic shirt upon arriving at Old Trafford, only to then see it passed to Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku.

It was returned in his direction over the summer as a Belgium international striker was offloaded to Serie A giants Inter.

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Martial started the 2019-20 brightly enough, recording two goals in as many appearances, but has not been seen since August 24 due to a niggling thigh complaint.