Rasmus Hojlund scores after 36 seconds vs Luton as Man Utd star breaks document
Any preliminary doubts over Rasmus Hojlund’s potential as a Premier League participant are shortly fading.
The Dane required simply 36 seconds to open the scoring for Manchester United of their go to to Luton on Sunday. And he grew to become the youngest participant to web in six successive Premier League video games on account of his newest strike.
United hit the Hatters on the break to fireside themselves into an nearly immediate lead at Kenilworth Road. A woeful again cross try by Amari’i Bell ended up placing Hojlund by way of on purpose as a substitute, and the 21-year-old rounded Thomas Kaminski with ease earlier than slotting residence.
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And it wasn’t lengthy earlier than Luton’s distress was compounded when Alejandro Garnacho arrange the Dane for a swift second. The teen now has seven targets and two assists (and counting) throughout his final six outings in all competitions.
And it is his ending that is performed an enormous position in United bounding again into rivalry for Champions League qualification. Luton, in the meantime, stays hovering simply above the relegation zone in the interim.
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“The best striker in the world right now,” commented one fan in response to Hojlund’s newest spree. Others appeared down on the hosts’ work on the again as one other wrote: “That is absolutely hilarious defending from Luton there.”
It’s trying like Erik ten Hag could have discovered his lacking piece up entrance after United have toiled with a succession of frontmen in recent times. Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wout Weghorst, Edinson Cavani and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have every tried to fill the attacking void up high at one level or one other with out a lot consistency.
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Many followers baulked at Hojlund’s charge when United paid Atalanta an preliminary £64million (rising to £72m) for his signature final summer time. But regardless of some preliminary struggles to hit his stride in English soccer following a delayed begin to life within the Premier League, the previous Serie A starlet is trying like the person United must information them into a brand new period.
