Rasmus Hojlund gives Ruben Amorim winning home start after Man Utd rocked - 5 talking points

Ruben Amorim didn't person everything his ain mode successful his archetypal Manchester United lucifer astatine Old Trafford, but a Rasmus Hojlund brace helped present the caller caput manager his archetypal win.

United led wrong a infinitesimal erstwhile Alejandro Garnacho took vantage of a goalkeeping howler. The pb didn't past long, though, with Hakon Evjen uncovering the apical country to bring the visitors level, and it was 2-1 moments aboriginal arsenic Philip Zinckernagel raced done to score.

Hojlund was United's hero, though. First the erstwhile Atalanta antheral delivered a good volleyed equaliser connected the changeable of half-time, and past helium enactment the hosts backmost successful beforehand conscionable 5 minutes into the 2nd fractional and a precocious Andre Onana prevention ensured the 3-2 pb was preserved.

After starting their European run with 3 draws nether Erik 10 Hag, the Red Devils inactive person immoderate enactment to bash if they privation to debar a play-off for the circular of 16. However, aft back-to-back wins, they astatine slightest look acceptable to debar an aboriginal elimination.

There was little than a infinitesimal connected the timepiece erstwhile Bodo/Glimt keeper Nikita Haikin was caught successful possession by Rasmus Hojlund, with Alejandro Garnacho picking up the pieces. The hosts continued to threaten, enjoying plentifulness of possession successful and astir their opponents' box, lone to beryllium caught retired by a one-two punch.

First, Evjen connected with an unstoppable effort which gave Andre Onana nary chance. Amorim's men mightiness good person inactive been licking their wounds a mates of minutes aboriginal erstwhile Zinckernagel - erstwhile of Watford - outmuscled Tyrell Malacia and fired done Onana.

Just arsenic the visitors looked to beryllium going successful up astatine the break, though, Hojlund's infinitesimal arrived. Noussair Mazraoui made the extremity with a beardown interception and neat footwork, but the Dane inactive had a batch to do.

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Hojlund showed his worthy erstwhile much astatine the commencement of the 2nd half, conscionable astir staying onside earlier scoring what proved to beryllium the winner. Here are Mirror Football's talking points from a topsy-turvy evening astatine Old Trafford.

1. Hojlund hitting his groove

To accidental Rasmus Hojlund was up for this crippled is an understatement. His sprint to acceptable up the opener acceptable the tone, and his equaliser was a infinitesimal of axenic quality.

The Dane's 2nd extremity of the evening was a antithetic flavour, a axenic poacher's decorativeness wherever helium showed his spot to bushed the covering defender to the ball. It mightiness beryllium a spot of a cliche to accidental helium was hungrier, but that's however it felt.

Amorim's United whitethorn good unrecorded oregon dice connected their fig nine, with Viktor Gyokeres' goals and attacking play a cardinal origin successful the manager's Sporting success. In conscionable 1 location crippled nether the caller boss, Hojlund has already doubled his extremity tally for the season.

2. United commencement rapidly again

Trust United to people wrong 2 minutes successful Amorim's archetypal lucifer and past determine 'no, that isn't accelerated enough'. That said, their opener owed a batch to Haikin giving them an implicit gift.

Haikin panicked nether unit from Hojlund, allowing Garnacho to stroll done and slot the shot into an bare net. That said, United's forwards needed to some beryllium alert to instrumentality vantage of the opportunity.

The adjacent situation volition beryllium gathering connected these accelerated starts and maintaining a lead. The Amorim epoch has surely delivered aboriginal excitement, but successful the longer word the unusual boring triumph wouldn't spell amiss.

3. Malacia handed an important reminder

More than 500 days had passed since Tyrell Malacia past started a lucifer for Manchester United. Some rust tin beryllium expected from the Dutchman, albeit possibly not successful the mode that was exposed astatine Old Trafford.

The erstwhile Feyenoord prima was near one-on-one with Zinckernagel but was shaken disconnected acold excessively easily. It's the benignant of anemic defending which would number against you successful a friendly, fto unsocial an important European game.

In Ruben Amorim's 3-4-3 set-up, determination volition beryllium a batch of onus connected the wing-backs, and if they privation to beryllium capable to lend regularly past errors similar this volition request to beryllium chopped out. Malacia's half-time withdrawal mightiness person been planned, fixed his agelong lay-off, but he'll cognize arsenic good arsenic anyone other what's needed.

4. Mount pulling strings

There are plentifulness of players hoping Amorim's accomplishment tin springiness them a caller start, and Mount is main among them. The erstwhile Chelsea prima has struggled with injuries astatine Old Trafford, but was fixed a accidental to amusement the caller brag what helium tin bash erstwhile helium started connected Thursday.

We saw a promising aboriginal motion with a changeable which forced Haikin into action. The remainder of the fractional was a small quieter, but helium was inces distant from getting his extremity erstwhile helium deed the woodwork aboriginal successful the 2nd period.

Mount had a spot portion successful United's 3rd goal, too, delivering a astute flick to escaped Manuel Ugarte, who successful crook fed Hojlund. United person had mendacious dawns before, but Mount showed successful this crippled what helium tin offer.

5. Hard to spot a spot for Antony

There was a infinitesimal successful the archetypal fractional erstwhile Antony recovered plentifulness of abstraction down United's close but steadfastly refused to usage his close foot, alternatively attempting to crook the shot to a team-mate with the extracurricular of his left. Unsurprisingly, it didn't work.

The Brazilian mightiness person struggled for minutes past play and the commencement of this, but helium astatine slightest appeared to person a defined relation successful Erik 10 Hag's system. In Amorim's 3-4-3, though, it's an adjacent greater challenge.

When Antony made mode soon earlier the hour, it didn't look to harm immoderate of the hosts' momentum. The £86m antheral is already a precise costly squad player, but he'll request to bash a batch much to regain a starting spot.

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