{"id":6823,"date":"2023-08-24T16:39:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/2023\/08\/24\/manchester-united-goalkeeper-tom-heaton-reveals-his-surprising-choice-as-the-clubs-best\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:39:14","slug":"manchester-united-goalkeeper-tom-heaton-reveals-his-surprising-choice-as-the-clubs-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/manchester-united-goalkeeper-tom-heaton-reveals-his-surprising-choice-as-the-clubs-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United goalkeeper Tom Heaton reveals his surprising choice as the club&#8217;s best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"70.440462592804\">\n<h2>Manchester United goalkeeper Tom Heaton reveals his surprising choice as the club&#8217;s best finisher amid goalscoring woes for Erik ten Hag&#8217;s team<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Tom Heaton has revealed who he feels is Manchester United&#8217;s best finisher\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Erik ten Hag&#8217;s team have struggled in front of goal so far this season<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>WATCH: <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tiD8zEXwNl4\">&#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217; &#8211; Episode 2 <\/a>&#8211; Mail Sport&#8217;s brand new football show\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&#038;authornamef=Jeorge+Bird+For+Mailonline\" class=\"author\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeorge Bird For Mailonline<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-08-24T13:46:30+0100\"> 08:46 EDT, 24 August 2023 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/sport\/football\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/7.2.0\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.18.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/9.6.1\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.18.1\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.18.1\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>   <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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they won 1-0 against <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/teampages\/wolverhampton-wanderers.html\" id=\"mol-7aaee340-4276-11ee-be91-a3e25176f6bc\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolves<\/a> (with defender Raphael Varane scoring) before losing 2-0 to <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/teampages\/tottenham-hotspur.html\" id=\"mol-7aae9520-4276-11ee-be91-a3e25176f6bc\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6824627a3d3b630a\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/12\/74678605-0-image-a-21_1692875024526.jpg\" height=\"513\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Tom Heaton has revealed who he thinks is the club's best finisher at Manchester United\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6824627a3d3b630a\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/12\/74678605-0-image-a-21_1692875024526.jpg\" height=\"513\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Tom Heaton has revealed who he thinks is the club's best finisher at Manchester United\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tom Heaton has revealed who he thinks is the club&#8217;s best finisher at Manchester United<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8f923b7cdfed80e5\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/12\/74678619-0-image-m-23_1692875086395.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Erik ten Hag's side have struggled in front of goal in the early stages of the season\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8f923b7cdfed80e5\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/12\/74678619-0-image-m-23_1692875086395.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Erik ten Hag's side have struggled in front of goal in the early stages of the season\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side have struggled in front of goal in the early stages of the season<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe name=\"xp-iframe-llpdt533es0qd1aae1q\" class=\"iframe-creator\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/0r4omeoMfx1bgxQrwWMGe0?utm_source=generator\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" height=\"152\" style=\"border: 0; width: 0; min-width: 100%; \" wp_automatic_readability=\"2\" id=\"xp-iframe-llpdt533es0qd1aae1q\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Heaton has revealed that he feels Anthony Martial is United&#8217;s best finisher.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking to\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/detail\/tom-heaton-creates-my-perfect-player-from-attributes-of-man-utd-greats\">United&#8217;s official website<\/a>, Heaton said:\u00a0&#8216;Anthony Martial. 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