Shankland hopes he’s found his goalscoring touch again
D u n d e e U n i t e d s t r i k - er Lawrence Shankland hopes he and Marc Mcnulty have rediscovered their goalscoring touch at the perfect time.
Shankland netted his first goal in just short of three months while Mcnult y broke his duck for United in Wednesday's 2- 0 victory over Kilmarnock.
United have been reliant on Nicky Clark for goals among the strikers with the former Rangers man on nine and Micky Mellon was delighted to see his Scotland forwards get on the score sheet at the start of a busy period of games.
"It' s great," Shankland told DUTV. "Of course as a striker you want to be on the score sheet as much as you can and it's been a bit of a long time coming getting the third goal of the season.
"But I got i t eventually and I'm delighted and delighted for Sparky getting his first goal as well.
"When you find yourself in a wee bit of a drought as a striker it's always quite tough to accept but you just need to keep working hard and put yourself in positions."
S h a n k l a n d s c o r e d 9 1 goals in his previous three seasons so the former Ayr striker was frustrated by his drought after netting two in his four matches of the campaign following his return from an ankle injury.
"It's the first one I experienced in probably three years so a bit frustrating but I was delighted to see t he ball hit t he net and most importantly we got a good three points and a big win," the 25- year- old said ahead of today’s visit of Motherwell.
"He ( Mcnulty) is off the mark now and it feels like I am off the mark again as well.”