Amorim: Højlund’s Scoring Struggles Reflect Team Issues

‎Manchester United manager, Ruben Amorim, insisted Rasmus Hojlund’s slump in form is not the young striker’s fault, claiming the team as a collective must shoulder the blame for their problems in front of goal.

‎The missed opportunities in Manchester United’s 1-0 home defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday have left the 22-year-old Dane with just one goal in 28 games for the club across all competitions.

‎Hojlund has struggled to find the net with regularity all season, leading many to question why the club paid Atalanta a reported 72 million pounds for him two years ago.

‎”I think if you look at the games, we have several players that missed big chances, not just Rasmus,” Amorim told reporters.

“But for Rasmus, the game is to score goals because he is a striker. But it is a team thing.

‎”Our team should score more goals, it is not just Rasmus missing chances.

‎”The only way I know is to work on him, show him the videos. He needed to score a goal, he will not score if he’s out. So I try to manage that during games.”

‎The defeat to Wolves dropped the record 20-time top-flight champions to 14th place in the standings, marking their 15th league loss of the season the most they have suffered in a single league campaign since 1989-90.

‎”We say to the fans the truth: that we lack a lot of things in our team, that we miss chances,” Amorim added. “If we do not score goals we are not going to win.

‎”We have a lot to do and to focus on improving the team, and step by step, and understand until the end of the league is going to be like this and we do something.”