Rasmus Hojlund: Why is Manchester United No 9 racing for goals this season? | Football news

A year ago, Rasmus Hojlund became the youngest player to score in six consecutive Premier League games.

A year later, Dane has passed 14 matches in all matches without scoring, nine Premier League games have come and went during this course, without a single goal.

Hojlund’s return to this season’s championship campaign is just as sluggish as a total of two. But after promising signs in his first season, why did Hojlund form massively arrived?

The 22-year-old was Ruben Amorim’s preferred choice at the Center-forward since the Portuguese took over in Old Trafford in November. Having everything except one of the first 13 trips of Amorim’s Premier League, Hojlund also started eight of these games. However, the faith presented at United 9 of United, by his boss, has not been translated into production.

Amorim’s arrival had United fans dreaming of what possible impact could have on Hojlund. Comparisons were arrested with Viktor Gyokores, who, under Amorim, evolved into one of the most sought after center -back in Europe.

In Mati, the couple shares some parallels as willing runners and strikers who enjoy a natural battle, but at present, comparisons end at this superficial level.

Among the Premier League strikers who have played at least 432 minutes this season (32), Hojlund gets the small shots per game. Hojlund is also located at the bottom two for XG, with 0.20 produced per game.

The six goals in the Premier League came after a 14 match waiting for his first on English top flight. Running incorporated what may be like aggressive, with a variety of goals they scored, some like a poachers, while others showed calm, where he was able to find a courtyard for himself before sending an end.

This term, a criticism that was leveled to the young striker is that he has struggled to find the right positions on the pitch to maximize possible opportunities. With only five 2.83 touches per 90 minutes played in the opposition area this season in the Premier League, Hojlund ranks between those with the least.

In January, Amorim acknowledged that Rasmus Hojlund’s problems in front of the target are not exclusively Hojlund.

“I think it’s more of a team problem than a rasmus problem,” Amorim said.

“You can see it, it’s not just now, it’s from the past. So we have clearly lacking goals and lack of threat.

“All players have moments in this season. I think when we started this trip together, Rasmus was the player who always scored.”

Hojlund’s suffering in front of the target has also been fueled to him by showing his frustrations on the pitch. Specifically, the UNITED £ 72m signature entered a heated series with Amad Diallo during the UNITE Europa League 2-1 against Viktoria Plzen after the Winger was elected to go for a goal instead of playing the ball in the ball at Hojlund.

Again, during the United Fa Cup victory over Leicester, Alejandro Garnacho’s decision to shoot from a tight corner, instead of playing the ball in the box that saw Hojlund leave his frustrations known for Once again. It is a behavior that Amorim believes that his striker has to embrace.

“I think it’s good, I won’t say a bad word for this kind of behavior,” Amorim said after the game.

“He has to understand that sometimes he has to do work without touching the ball.

“He can’t get so frustrated because in the next game, he might have a situation close to the target. So he must be calm.

“But this is a character, and if you know so many players from this kind of character that has from this country. They always want more. They want to score. They feel critics.

“So it’s good, but it will be improved and an striker needs a very good team to deliver very good balls for him and we don’t help our strikers right now.”

As long as Hojlund is fighting in front of the target, the United States are struggling to find their center. The creative numbers of Captain Bruno Fernandes, while they are favorable, do not necessarily tell the story of what is happening on the pitch.

Fernandes has attempted the last third third passages and has created the most likely chances in the Premier League, but United’s focusing on wider areas has harmful impact on Hojlund numbers.

Despite excessive dependence on each side, it is clear that United’s wider players need to change their focus to allow Hojlund to thrive.

The high price meant that the responsibility for the United line guidance was always a tall project. Now lacks confidence, Hojlund has entered the territory where he will be desperate to find the back of the net. Tottenham on Sunday, who felt the burden of a ruthless Hojlund in his six goals, can just offer this opportunity, live Sports.

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