‘RAMPAGE SHOW’ – Man Utd star Rasmus Hojlund runs madly but was almost isolated in the draw of Danish team

Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund cut a frustrated figure on Saturday as Denmark drew 0-0 with Switzerland in an international friendly.

Evaluating the players’ performances, Danish media outlet BT claimed that Hojlund was ‘ready to boil over’ at any given moment during a drab draw. “He looks like someone who is about to boil over every time things go wrong,” they wrote.

“And when he ran off alone under pressure to just be played around, his furious: ‘Come on in,’ screams could be heard through the press boxes. You understood the frustrations during the match, because it never became dangerous for Hojlund today, even though he was played in a few promising situations.”

However, both sides will probably be happy with the workout as the two teams have the reputation for being stubborn opponents in the knockout stages of tournaments.

There was much talk before the game about Denmark and Manchester United’s negotiations to control Hojlund’s game time as he had only just returned from a month-long injury against Liverpool last weekend in the FA Cup.

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The 21 year old had a quiet evening in a game of few chances but he did manage to create two dangerous moments for the Scandinavians.

In the 23rd minute he felt he had won his side a penalty, as he ran at the defence in a similar fashion to his goal versus West Ham last month but before he could fire off a shot, he was felled in the area. However after VAR took a look, no decision was given.

Hojlund’s best chance of the game came in the 70th minute when he beat the offside trap and galloped behind the Swiss defence.

He went one-on-one with the keeper but blazed his effort well over the crossbar when more composure was called for.

Sofascore gave the young United forward a score of 6.7, as he failed to make much of an impact on proceedings.

He played 84 minutes before being subbed off and managed two shots on goal, but both failed to call the keeper into any sort of action.

To highlight his lack of involvement, the striker only managed 12 passes but 10 found their intended target, giving him an 83% accuracy.

He also only touched the ball 27 times as he was left isolated up top.

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The youngster was also unusually no threat in the air as he only competed in one aerial duel and lost it. He was also only able to win 33% of his ground battles.

In addition, he was incredibly wasteful, giving up the ball nine times—just one fewer than the total number of passes that he completed.

When his country plays the Faroe Islands on Tuesday night, Hojlund will be hoping to recover and be much more active.

He had a successful year in goal for the Danes in 2023, tallying seven goals in just eight games.

He would really like to continue his goal-scoring ways into the summer’s Euros, and the Faroes are a formidable foe to try to start filling his shoes.