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Striker back on the goal trail as U's head for Coventry

4 January 2024

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Sparky's Sky Blue Thinking

Striker back on the goal trail as U's head for Coventry

4 January 2024

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Mark Harris was back on the scoresheet on New Year’s Day with a fine goal that set United on their way to a comeback win at Charlton.

“It was a relief, it had been a long time coming,” he told iFollow after scoring his seventh of the season to draw level with Billy Bodin and Cameron Brannagan as United’s top scorers so far this season.

”I’ve had a few chances that I should have put away but finally we got there,” he said. “The players create chances. Fin put that on a plate for me. The pass from Ruben and the cross from Fin, it was a good team goal.

“I was glad to see it go in and I was always confident a goal would come, but all I could do was keep working as hard as ever - that’s a given with me really. I give it 100 percent every game and when it falls for me like it did against Charlton then happy days.

“Now I want to continue that and hopefully go on a little run in front of goal.

“It was a big result, especially going a goal down. The start wasn’t as good as we can be but I thought we pinned them back in the second half and it was exactly the performance and result we needed after the Derby game. That felt bad to lose that one after being 2-0 up so early and the start we made. But to bounce back straight away was great.”

The Welsh international now looks to add to his tally as the U’s head for Coventry in the FA Cup on Saturday. It’s a chance for United to cause an upset at a Championship side, and for Mark to create FA Cup memories for himself and the travelling fans.

"My record isn’t great in the FA Cup - I haven’t been to any finals, let’s put it that way!” he laughed.

“But I played at Anfield against Liverpool, which wasn’t too bad. Coventry is a good game for us though. We are taking a lot of fans, it’s a nice stadium and we see it as a game we can win. Coventry are a good team and it will be tough, but we’re not going there thinking we have no chance. We will go there wanting to win and feeling that we can achieve that.

“It’s about going out there, giving our all, and hopefully we can get through.”

See the full interview in iFollow right now..


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