A fighter, the player who blindly backs Erik ten Hag at United

In his first season at the club, the 23-year-old South American scored seven goals in 33 games played in all competitions, taking the Most Outstanding Shot of the Month award four out of eight different times.

Despite being far from Marcus Rashford's numbers, the talented attacker managed to collaborate with the team in various offensive aspects, providing speed and dribbling in the last third of the pitch.

With this in mind, the coach did not hesitate to praise the performance of his team during the press conference prior to the first leg against Sevilla in the Europa League. We expect the players up front to not only be a threat, but also have an effect in the last third of the field. He has to work on it, of course, but he is a young player, he explained.

You said that he is not scoring goals in the Premier League, but he scored a very important goal against Real Betis and also gave us the victory against Barcelona. So if he could score in those games, I think he can score in the league too, so I'm not worried, but I know he has to step up, he added.

His participation in the UEFA Europa League

The Brazilian could keep his place in the starting line-up this Thursday, when Manchester United host Sevilla at Old Trafford for the first leg of the Europa League quarter-final. At the same time, ten Hag highlighted Antony's most important qualities. We have to win games together, and that's my experience with him. He is a fighter, because he likes challenges. With him on the field, the teams win. He can kill opponents, as we saw against Everton, since he is capable of doing those things, he commented.