Erik ten Hag mentioned Rasmus Højlund’s scorching streak is simply the beginning after the striker continued his excellent kind with each objectives in Manchester United’s 2-1 win at Luton.
United moved 5 factors shy of fourth-placed Aston Villa and three behind Tottenham, in fifth, due to Højlund’s early strikes. No person has scored in six successive prime‑flight video games at a youthful age and it’s a far cry from a stuttering begin by the £72m signing, who didn’t break his Premier League duck till Boxing Day. Ten Hag praised his resilience and predicted additional heroics from the Dane.
“We recruited him on his character,” Ten Hag mentioned of the 21-year-old. “I knew it was robust. He can actually carry out below stress and that’s one thing you want as a Manchester United striker. He doesn’t get nervous or lose confidence. He has loads of confidence and I’m certain he’ll rating much more.
“He wanted assist however he stored calm. He was unfortunate in the beginning. You see he’s a fighter, he retains going. There are numerous areas the place he can enhance however his scoring means is clear.”
Ten Hag mentioned Casemiro and Harry Maguire had been substituted at half-time due to the yellow playing cards each gamers had picked up throughout what, after Carlton Morris had scored for Luton, turned a excessive octane first half. “I believe the sport was getting into a path the place there was loads of strain on the referee and each had been a danger for an additional reserving,” he mentioned. “We’ve good replacements in order that’s why we took them off.”
Casemiro had been lucky to not obtain a second warning for fouling Ross Barkley however Ten Hag mentioned that will not have been simply and appeared to assert his midfielder was being focused by officers.
“Even when he isn’t touching opponents he will get booked,” he mentioned. “Usually on the first second of the sport as nicely. I believe it’s loopy and it was so unfair, that first reserving. The second might have been in order that’s why I took him off. He touches an opponent and he will get booked.”
The Luton supervisor, Rob Edwards, took a distinct view. “The actual fact he got here off at half-time most likely tells you [that he had been lucky],” he mentioned. “They’re saying the primary one wasn’t, however simply because the primary one wasn’t it doesn’t imply the second isn’t. So possibly they received away with one there.”
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Luton stay some extent above the relegation zone. “I assumed we appeared like a very good staff,” Edwards mentioned. “I’m pleased with many points of that efficiency, particularly after loads of adversity early on.”
