David Moyes urges Danny Welbeck to score more

Manchester United manager David Moyes has urged Danny Welbeck to score more goals after his two goals helped defeat Aston Villa at the weekend, report The Independent.

Welbeck scored twice at Villa Park to lift the mood around Man United following four games without a win and his manager thinks he should start scoring more.

Moyes does accept Welbeck’s game has a wider dimension, as Sir Alex Ferguson did before him but for a striker, the Moyes knows only one aspect of his game really counts.

“If you are a striker, you know what the name of the game is,” said Moyes.

“The name of the game is goals.

“Whether you score all your goals from outside the box or whether you score them from inside, you have to get them.”

Welbeck’s goal return has not been great at United after the Englishman scored just once last season but he is quick to point out that he is often deployed as a left winger rather than a central striker.

“Danny would say he wants to be a striker but he is very good there,” said Moyes.

“He plays more like a wide striker who tries to get into the box rather than a winger and he has a big appetite for work.

“We like Danny a lot.”