Damning Man Utd stat exhibits why £72m struggler Rasmus Hojlund nonetheless hasn’t scored
A damning Manchester United statistic has gone a protracted technique to explaining why Rasmus Hojlund is but to attain a Premier League objective.
Hojlund, who arrived in the summertime in a £72million switch from Serie A aspect Atalanta, as soon as once more failed to interrupt his duck as United had been beat 2-0 away at West Ham on Saturday (December 23). He’s now gone 15 top-flight video games with out discovering the again of the web and even registering an help.
While he has to shoulder among the blame for that run, his trigger has not been helped in any respect in current weeks by wingers Antony and Alejandro Garnacho. The pair performed only one move between them to Hojlund on the London Stadium.
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That was earlier than Erik ten Hag substituted him simply earlier than the hour mark. The stat, shared by Statman Dave, shocked social media, and talkSPORT pundit Jamie O’Hara who exclaimed: “That’s so bad, that’s disgusting. I mean no wonder Hojlund ain’t scored.”
It was later identified on Match of the Day that the dearth of passes to Hojlund has been a working theme, with Antony making six in 5 video games and Garnacho 5 in 5. Alan Shearer slammed their lack of cohesion.
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“Five passes, that should be happening per game, never mind five or six so there’s something, well we can see what’s drastically wrong and they’re never going to score goals unless they improve on that,” Shearer stated.
Ten Hag alluded to the difficulty in his post-match interview with TNT Sports after seeing his aspect go a fourth sport and not using a objective to now go away them eight factors adrift of the highest 4.
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He stated: “It is always there when the striker’s don’t score and their confidence will decrease. They have to believe, they have proved in the past they can do.
“They have to work laborious, make investments, and as a group we’ve to make the passes within the remaining third however we’ve to additionally demand one another to make the field.”