‘Another level’ – Rasmus Hojlund names the ‘most underrated player’ at Manchester United

Rasmus Hojlund has named the ‘most underrated player’ astatine Manchester United.

Few Old Trafford stars person been consistently reaching the required level this season, with United slipping into the bottom-half of the Premier League nether Erik 10 Hag and performing conscionable arsenic poorly nether the Dutchman’s replacement Ruben Amorim.

Manchester United fans were, however, offered immoderate alleviation from the misery connected Thursday nighttime arsenic the Red Devils came from down to bushed Leicester City successful the 4th circular of the FA Cup.

Joshua Zirkzee cancelled retired Bobby De Cordova-Reid’s first-half opener 25 minutes from clip but extra-time and imaginable penalties were looming earlier Harry Maguire scored a arguable injury-time winner.

The England defender appeared to beryllium offside erstwhile Fernandes whipped successful a free-kick but the adjunct referee failed to rise his emblem and the extremity stood arsenic VAR is not utilized astatine this signifier of the FA Cup.

Hojlund played the afloat 90 but failed to extremity his extremity drought and has present gone 14 games successful each competitions without a goal.

The Denmark striker, who completed a £72m determination from Atalanta successful the summertime of 2023, sat down with Sky Sports up of the FA Cup crippled and was asked a bid of questions astir the nine and his teammates.

Asked who helium views arsenic the ‘most underrated player’ astatine Manchester United, Hojlund wasted nary clip earlier penning down Manuel Ugarte.

Uruguay planetary Ugarte has been a mainstay successful the squad this play pursuing a £50m determination from French champions Paris Saint-Germain past summer.

Explaining his selection, Hojlund said: ‘I deliberation you’ve seen it a small spot much present with the caller manager coming in, however good he’s been doing.

‘Obviously the results person not been bully capable but he’s been a standout subordinate lately. You spot his quality, you spot those workhorses successful teams, they don’t get the appreciation.

‘For example, Amad [Diallo] has been doing astonishing precocious and he’s starting to get his recognition.

‘But Manu has besides been very, precise good. You’re starting to spot present that he’s performing connected different level.’

Ugarte played the bulk of Manchester United’s FA Cup triumph implicit Leicester earlier coming disconnected successful the dying seconds.

Reacting to his team’s precocious and fortuitous victory, Amorim said: ‘We had to judge until the extremity but this crippled has thing to bash with the clip of Fergie.

‘I deliberation the performance, we person to bash truthful overmuch amended with the ball, without the ball. We didn’t person immoderate vigor successful the beginning, particularly successful the first-half.

‘Then successful the 2nd fractional we played a small spot better, with a small much speed, winning 2nd balls. Then we managed to crook things astir truthful it was a bully effect not a bully performance.

‘The manager is the archetypal responsible, erstwhile 1 squad doesn’t perform, doesn’t improve, it is the manager but we are present to bash things and to spot the game, to survey the crippled and effort to amended for the adjacent game.

‘I deliberation it’s the tiny things, if you spot the games sometimes it’s to power the ball, to person the ball, don’t springiness the shot distant successful the archetypal pressure. It’s the tiny things, it’s the large things, it’s everything.

‘It’s this moment, it’s hard distant but particularly astatine location but we person to header with that and we volition effort to bash it adjacent game.’

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