After giving a man of the match performance against Braga in the Champions League, Javier Hernandez has given Manchester united manager Sir Alex Ferguson a headache of aplenty going into the crucial English Premier League against Chelsea Sunday.
United fought back from going 2-0 down inside 20 minutes - Alan scoring both those goals - to register a 3-2 victory at Old Trafford and take total control of their Champions League group. Hernandez was the star, netting two goals -- the first and the third - with Jonny Evans scoring the other.
"Chicharito has given me a good problem," Ferguson said. "He's got me thinking, I must say that. He and van Persie and Rooney and Welbeck... I don't know what to do with them to be honest with you.
"The boy is improving all the time. He has a great enthusiasm for the game, he trains magnificently, he practices all the time and his goal ratio is fantastic.
"It was a great ball from Tom Cleverley for the second goal but Chicharito's movement in behind the defender for the second goal was terrific."
United have now conceded the first goal in eight of their 12 matches this season, and it is a trend that is a bit worrying for the United manager. "It's been the story of our season really at home, starting badly, conceding goals and having to fight back to rescue games," he said. "And it's the front players who are doing that for us.
"It is a concern we're losing a lot of goals, but I must say some of our football was terrific tonight, we played some fantastic football and we created a lot of chances. We kept a really good momentum to our game and played with good speed.
"We got a result most people would not have expected us to get after being 2-0 down -- being 2-0 down in a European tie is very difficult -- but credit to the players for the way we came back."
Ferguson defended his decision to play Michael Carrick at center-back after deciding to give Rio Ferdinand a rest, and opting to not take the risk of starting youngster Scott Wooton, while Alexander Buttner was far from impressive at left-back replacing Patrice Evra. "I think we did the right thing (to rest Ferdinand and Evra)," Ferguson insisted.
"It wasn't Michael Carrick's fault for the first goal. He did his job well.
"I think you have to look at the big picture with Rio's age. We have a big game on Sunday against Chelsea, Chelsea on the Wednesday, Arsenal on the Saturday, we've a massive programme coming up now and it's important to utilise the squad we have.
"Okay, at the moment with (Nemanja) Vidic out and (Phil) Jones and (Chris) Smalling not available, then putting Michael back there in defence is not the best but he does his job well."
