He has assured fans that he will continue to improve all aspects of his game.
Erik ten Hag was finally successful in getting Ajax to agree to a contract for £86 million to recruit Antony during his first summer as manager of the club. This process took several months of negotiations.
Arsenal, Manchester City, and Everton were the three teams that Antony scored his first three goals in the Premier League championship.
On the other hand, he only managed to score one more goal in the league throughout that season.
As the season came to a close, the winger finished with eight goals and three assists over all total games played.
Despite the fact that the team had anticipated that he would do better in his second year, he has not performed significantly better.
Antony is considered by the vast majority of people to have been a poor acquisition; but, his recent games have demonstrated some encouraging signs, and his performance against Chelsea was outstanding.
Antony discussed his development with club reporters this week, despite the fact that United suffered a 4–3 defeat at Stamford Bridge.
He also discussed how that particular evening had the potential to be a turning moment.
“I’m really happy with my form,” Antony said in an interview with MUTV. Every single day, I put forth a lot of effort in order to get here.
I’ve been putting in a lot of effort in my training for the past several months, and I’m pleased with how I’ve performed up to this point. I have high hopes that I will improve with each game.
Because I am aware that there are a great deal of things that may be improved, I have been working on this. I’m happy to observe that my performance improves with each game that I play.
People inquired about Antony’s performance against Chelsea, particularly with regard to the manner in which he assisted in setting up Alejandro Garnacho’s second goal.
“Like I said, hard work has given me back my confidence,” he repeated. “You can be sure that a lot of these things will happen,” he said.
“This is in spite of the fact that I have been through a lot; I have experienced some very difficult times.”
Since a while ago, things have been getting better for me, and they continue to do so today.
“What is essential is that I continue to work regardless of the circumstances.”
To be able to assist Garnacho in scoring was a pleasure for me, and I believe that this is just the beginning of many more positive things to come.
Antony has scored two goals and assisted on two others during the course of this season.
On the other hand, fifty percent of the goals and assists were scored and assisted against Newport County in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Newport County is now struggling in League One.
Ten Hag stated, “I know he is capable of it,” in reference to Antony’s performance against Chelsea last week.
It occurred quite frequently when I was the manager of Ajax, but it has not occurred recently [at United].
“Perhaps first, in the beginning. We got a taste of what he was capable of doing by seeing him score three goals in his first three games.
On the other hand, after that, such as when he scored the goal that won the game against Barcelona the previous year.
On the other hand, he is capable of doing it. On Thursday night, I was able to see the Antony that I am looking for.
