Mason Mount, Noussair Mazraoui and Manuel Ugarte impressed on Wednesday against Bodø/Glimt. The trio has clearly understood the Amorim football. When it comes to two-goal scorer Rasmus Hojlund, the 21-year-old still has a lot to improve, which means that the Amorim effect on the striker could be very big.
After the game, it was a grinning Dane who explained what had given results after far too many games without scoring.
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“He (Amorim) told me not to think so much about what was happening behind me, but just focus on what’s in front of me. We saw how it paid off with the first goal. At half-time, he said that I should keep running to the first post, and we saw that it worked with the third goal,” says Højlund TNT Sports.
Ruben Amorim’s advice yielded two goals and an assist, but the United manager, who has lifted Viktor Gyökeres from being out of the question for Premier League clubs before last season to becoming the world’s hottest striker this autumn, is demanding more from Hojlund.
“He needs to improve more,” the United manager said at the press conference when discussing Rasmus Hojlund’s two-goal performance.
-He takes too many touches when he holds the ball, Amorim explains.
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Which of course also praises Højlund.
-He connected very well in transitions. He was aggressive in the box for the goals. He is a quality player, it comes from Amorim.
After seeing what a “striker monster” the Portuguese has created from Gyökeres, we are very much looking forward to the continuation with Højlund. Swedish Gyökeres is heavily linked with Manchester United in the summer, but after seeing Hojlund respond immediately to Amorim’s football and coaching, the Dane could significantly reduce the need to sign a goal guarantor in the No. 9 position over the next few months.
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