striker Javier Hernandez would have scored "20
goals easy" at Old Trafford this season as the
club's forwards continue to struggle.
United are the least prolific side among the top
seven teams in the Premier League with just 43
goals in 29 matches - 10 fewer than Everton.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has taken England by storm
with 27 goals in all competitions, 16 of those
coming in the Premier League, but the veteran
Swede has shouldered a heavy burden, with Juan
Mata United's next-best scorer with 10.
Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Henrikh
Mkhitaryan and Paul Pogba have netted seven
goals apiece, while out-of-form captain Wayne
Rooney has five.
And as sixth-placed United prepare to travel to
Sunderland on Sunday, manager Mourinho said he
needs a poacher like Bayer Leverkusen's
Hernandez, who scored 59 goals in all
competitions during his six seasons at the Theatre
of Dreams.
"I think clearly if you go for example for Paul
Pogba, the number of times he's hit the posts are
almost Guinness Book of Records," Mourinho said.
"Some of those would have been amazing goals. I
remember a couple of direct free-kicks hitting the
post, so we've seen lots of beautiful actions. It's
not a problem of quality at all, it's a problem of
luck.
"We have some players that are not really players
in love with the goal. They are good players, they
are creative players, they can create, but naturally
they are not the kind of guy that is a killer.
"I give a simple example. In the way we play at Old
Trafford, in the way we dominate opponents in the
way we play in the box, I think 'Chicharito' would
have 20 goals easy, even coming from the bench
for the last 10 or 20 minutes.
"He is the guy that naturally the ball comes here,
rebound here, rebounds there, boom - goal.
"If the goalkeeper saves it, he goes there, boom -
goal. If the cross is coming, he anticipates the first
post header - goal. And that's not even coming off
the bench.
"We don't score enough goals for the way we play
and the teams that come to Old Trafford, they know
that. They feel that and they defend."
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