Rasmus Hojlund backs Manchester United to ‘rise once more’ after their dismal 3-1 defeat to Brighton at Outdated Trafford with the £72m Danish striker making his first begin underneath Erik Ten Hag
- Hojlund penned Instagram submit writing that his membership will ‘rise once more’ after defeat
- Striker, 20, was denied his first objective at Outdated Trafford after it was dominated out by VAR
Rasmus Hojlund has insisted Manchester United will ‘rise once more’ in an Instagram submit after their 3-1 defeat to Brighton.
Targets from Danny Welbeck, Pascal Gross, and Joao Pedro at Outdated Trafford gave the visiting Seagulls their fourth consecutive victory over United.
Hojlund made his first begin for his new membership after his £72million transfer from Atalanta. He was withdrawn within the sixty fourth minute as Erik ten Hag introduced on Anthony Martial – a choice booed by huge swathes of the house crowd.
The Danish star thought he had opened his United account however his equaliser was dominated out by VAR after Marcus Rashford carried the ball out of play within the build-up.
A defiant Hojlund wrote on Instagram: ‘We’ll rise once more. Thanks for the Heat welcome Outdated Trafford.’
New recruit Rasmus Hojlund thought he had his first Outdated Trafford objective earlier than it was chalked off
Hojlund says that Manchester United will ‘rise once more’ in a heartfelt Instagram submit
The Dane thought he had opened his United account earlier than his objective was dominated out by VAR
Hojlund made his debut for United instead within the 3-1 defeat to Arsenal earlier than the worldwide break.
After the match on the Emirates, he mentioned: ‘So proud to make my debut.
‘Unfortunate with the outcome immediately… however we are going to bounce again after the worldwide break.’
Hojlund was unlucky to not rating his first objective for United within the loss to Brighton.
Rashford dribbled the ball over the byline as Jan Paul van Hecke slid in to disclaim the England worldwide any house within the field.
The ahead then minimize it again to Hojlund, who completed calmly solely to see his effort chalked off by VAR.
Hojlund started celebrating along with his United team-mates however his pleasure swiftly turned to frustration.
Boss Erik Ten Hag has come underneath hearth in current weeks – regardless of his spectacular efforts with the membership final season – as United have solely received two of their opening matches.
United supervisor Erik ten Hag has come underneath stress for the primary time in his function
His facet suffered by the hands of Arsenal the week previous to Brighton’s go to, having conceded twice in stoppage time after having held onto a draw for almost all of the sport.
The membership have confronted quite a few squad problems with late. The most recent setback got here on the finish of every week wherein United put Brazil winger Antony on paid depart to battle allegations, which he denies, that he assaulted three ladies, and Ten Hag banished Jadon Sancho from first-team coaching.
The United boss responded to a suggestion that the club is now in crisis by saying: ‘No, however we now have to be disillusioned and we now have to be very irritated with ourselves as a result of at United the demand is you win video games.’
Requested if he’s frightened by the poor begin, he added: ‘Positively, that’s one thing that bothers me. However lastly it is about character and now we now have to see how robust we’re and the way the crew sticks collectively and which gamers arise and lead the crew. We want character, perception, resilience and dedication completely.’
Ten Hag was roundly booed by United followers over his determination to take off new £72million signing Rasmus Hojlund within the second half, however claimed that the response was a ‘optimistic’ for the Dane on his full debut.
