Manchester United drew 1-1 with Arsenal on Sunday afternoon but Rasmus Hojlund may feel that he could won the game.
Ruben Amorim suggested improvements at Carrington ahead of Manchester United locking horns with Arsenal on Sunday.
Amorim must surely be encouraged after United drew 1-1 with Arsenal – and were arguably unlucky to miss out on all three.
Bruno Fernandes fired home the opener as the United captain unleashed an unstoppable free kick beyond Arsenal stopper David Raya.
Declan Rice gave Arsenal a share of the spoils with a second-half leveller but United still had chances to win it.
Raya made a great save to deny Bruno but substitute Rasmus Hojlund could and possibly should have handed United all three points.
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Christian Eriksen on Rasmus Hojlund
Hojlund is on a well-publicised goalscoring drought and is now approaching 20 games without finding the net.
The Danish media have been concerned about Hojlund of late and Sunday proved to be another frustrating day.
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Hojlund was dropped to the bench by Amorim but came on in the second half to try and exploit a tiring Arsenal back line.
Two chances came his way; the first saw Hojlund hesitate on the ball with the goal at his mercy, allowing Declan Rice to get back and make a saving challenge.
The second saw Hojlund make a nice dart across the front of goal but Gabriel Magalhaes blocked his goal-bound shot.
The drought goes on for Hojlund but he has been backed by teammate Christian Eriksen.
Eriksen and Hojlund are not only teammates for United but also with Denmark and the midfielder believes that better times are ahead.
As quoted by BBC Sport, Eriksen admitted that he is ‘pretty confident’ in Hojlund coming good and scoring goals.
Eriksen noted that Hojlund is ‘unhappy’ when he doesn’t score goals but his hard-working nature is appreciated.
Eriksen also pointed out that there are so many other United players who don’t score enough goals, suggesting that the goalscoring burden doesn’t just fall on £64m signing Hojlund.
“I am pretty confident that he will come good,” said Eriksen.
“He is a hard-working guy and he is unhappy when he doesn’t score goals. But you can name about 10 other players in the team who don’t score enough goals. He is a good kid, he will be fine,” he added.
Eriksen has been through plenty of ups and downs in his career and is doubt a valuable resource for Hojlund in these tricky times.
Hojlund will hopefully bounce back soon enough but Eriksen’s comments highlight a huge problem for United.
The statement that other players aren’t scoring enough goals either is very true and whilst Hojlund is expected to score as United’s big-money striker, others need to chip in too.
Only Bruno and Amad have scored more than three Premier League goals for United this season.
Hojlund is stuck on two with Joshua Zirkzee and Alejandro Garnacho only on three goals.
March is here and that goal tally just isn’t good enough for some of United’s main attacking players.
Hojlund must do better but United need more help in front of goal from all over the pitch, not just from the Dane.