UNITED SPECIAL Reds on course to hit 2,000 PL goals

UNITED are on course to become the first team in Premier League history to score 2,000 goals.

The Reds currently sit on 1,973 goals and should Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team keep scoring goals at the rate which they have been since the Norwegian took charge they’ll reach the milestone this season.

United have found a new attacking verve since Solskjaer took over in December and have scored an average of 2.5 goals a game in his eight league games in the hot seat.

If United keep it up then they should reach the 2,000 goal mark when Chelsea visit Old Trafford in late April.

It would be yet another impressive record for Solskjaer - who has contributed 91 goals to the tally himself - one which epitomises the change in attitude he’s brought to the club.

Under Jose Mourinho United only averaged 1.7 goals a game this season and the negative style of football was one of the key reasons the club decided to sack the Portuguese.

Unsurprisingly, United are trail blazers in the Premier League record books.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored against Middlesbrough in 2005 to score United 1,000th Premier League goal, becoming the first team to reach the landmark.

They were also the first team to score 1,000 goals at home - when Anthony Martial netted against Everton in 2016.

United are also not far away from another massive goal scoring record. They currently sit on 9,924 goals scored in their entire history – just 76 goals away from hitting 10,000. DENIS Irwin says he has been surprised by the speed with which Diogo Dalot has adapted to the pace of the Premier League since his £19 million arrival from Porto last summer.

The 19-year-old has made 10 appearances for Manchester United this season in a maiden campaign that has been blighted by two separate injuries, but Irwin has seen enough from the Portugal under-21 international to be convinced that United have a serious talent on their hands.

Dalot, who had played just six first-division games for Porto before his Old Trafford switch, played at left-back in the home win against Brighton after Luke Shaw fell ill in the warm-up and Irwin was impressed by the teenager’s versatility.

“When he came and he was injured I didn’t know an awful lot about him,” Irwin told M.E.N. Sport at the launch of MLILY’s ‘leave the rest to us’ campaign as United’s global mattress partner.

“Obviously we jumped in to buy him and from what I’ve seen he looks a real, real good player.

“He played left-back in the game against Brighton and did really well. He’s more comfortable in the right-back position.

“His crossing ability is great, he’s only a young boy.

“It usually takes foreign young lads quite a while to settle and get used to the pace of the Premier League – particularly when they’ve been injured as well – but he looks like he’s a very good longterm prospect.

“He’s really solid [in his build], which is what you need for the Premier League. But from the bits we’ve seen of him he looks a real good player.”

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s ten-game tenure at Old Trafford has seen the caretaker manager encourage his full-backs to push forward and the tactical tweak has pleased Irwin, who admits United have looked a more positive outfit since Jose Mourinho’s dismissal on December 18.

“Because there are more holding players these