Four qualities Anthony Martial brings to Manchester United.

If Anthony Martial can remain healthy for longer than a few weeks, Erik ten Hag thinks he can improve Manchester United's attack.

After his most recent absence this season, Martial made his return against Nottingham Forest, scoring the second goal in a 2-0 victory at Old Trafford to guarantee United's place in the Carabao Cup final.

The Frenchman has now scored six goals in 14 appearances for the team this season, but his biggest challenge has been remaining available, since loanee Wout Weghorst has excelled since joining in January.

But Ten Hag is confident Martial can add quality to United's attack if he can maintain his fitness for the rest of the season.

"We have to wait and to see if that’s going to happen, I’m sure a striker like he is will improve our team," said Ten Hag

"You always need different qualities in a squad to be technical in games and between games, see what you need, what the games need, but Anthony Martial can create something with his movements, his dealing with the ball, his smartness and his finishing.

"I don’t know if he has been all the time down, but he’s not always available, we hope he will be available for a couple of games, a couple of weeks and months and if that’s the case he can be much more successful. Unfortunately the first half of the season we didn’t have too many choices in the frontline.

When the game was still scoreless after an hour versus Forest, Ten Hag made a triple substitution that also included Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho.

"That is what you need in a good squad if you want to be successful. We already score many goals from subs this season, today was really obvious, that was not always available," he said.

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