The Denmark international has been in sensational form since the turn of the year and has been scoring goals for fun.
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Rasmus Hojlund’s journey has been a roller-coaster ride at Manchester United. The young Denmark international was unstoppable in the Champions League group stage, scoring goals for fun. However, he was not able to maintain that level in the Premier League and went on a long dry patch. Finally, Hojlund broke his duck in the league at the end of last year with a strike against Aston Villa in an inspired come-from-behind victory. That opened the floodgates.
The Denmark international has been in sensational form since the turn of the year and has been scoring goals for fun. Even though Rasmus Hojlund is on the sidelines receiving treatment now, the supporters will hope that he can continue from where he left off before getting injured. Former Manchester United striker Andy Cole believes confidence has played a big part in it. “A lot was expected of him, when he first came here,” he told club media.
The former centre-forward added: “He was a young man under a lot of pressure, with a big price-tag, in a team that wasn’t creating many chances. I think it’s a good thing for him as now he’s got that confidence. Confidence is a massive thing in football. He got off the mark against Villa and the goals have continued since then. For me, personally, I just want to see him continue to do that. Yeah, there’s going to be a time when he’s not scoring goals, it’s part and parcel of football but, so long as he keeps doing the right things, he’ll be okay.”
Hojlund had to wait a long time to get his first goal in the Premier League, however, he has been able to score goals regularly since then. “It’s like buses. You miss one and get another one and there are plenty more that come after that. Look, I keep saying, when he first came here, of course he took a bit of flak. He hadn’t scored a goal [in the Premier League] and looked like he was playing with a little bit less confidence,” he stated.
He added: “Once he gets the first one, the second one comes very quickly as well, and his confidence grows. If you look at him now, after his first goal in the team to when he wasn’t scoring goals, he’s puffed out his chest, his shoulders are back and he’s playing out there and doing things he knows what he can do now. That’s what you do with confidence. Like I said before, long may it continue. There’s going to be a time when you score goals and a time when you don’t score goals. But keep doing the basics and we’ll be okay.”
Football has never changed: Andy Cole Speaking about the demands of a modern-day striker, Cole feels there is not much change in it from his playing days to now. “There’s always been that anyway. Football has never changed. It all depends on how the respective team plays. If you’re working from the back, in my day, we were working with four of us. Two centre-forwards with a left-sided midfielder and a right-sided midfield player. As a team, you were the first line of your defence, with the two centre-forwards. So I say pressing from the front. Football hasn’t changed. You might do it a different way but it hasn’t changed what they’re doing now to what we used to do 10 or 15 years ago. Doing exactly the same thing,” he explained.
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