Ruben Amorim identifies Man Utd's major problem after star spotted in angry reaction
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When Alejandro Garnacho steered a simple chance wide in the first half of Manchester United’s win over Southampton, Rasmus Hojlund angrily kicked an upright. His frustration might not just have been prompted by his team-mate wasting Hojlund’s fine build-up work, it was probably rooted in the striker’s own struggles.
After being given a scoring lift by Ruben Amorim’s arrival a couple of months ago, the Danish striker has failed to find the net in his last eight appearances. But Amorim consoled Hojlund by admitting Manchester United have one major problem that continues to undermine any sustained, serious charge up the Premier League table.
While Amad's remarkable, late, 12-minute hat-trick gave United a dramatic win over rock-bottom Southampton on Thursday night, the team’s goal tally is still the sixth worst in the Premier League. They have scored only 26 and have a goal difference of minus three. And despite Amad’s heroic flurry, Amorim acknowledges that his United side has a stark, fundamental issue that needs to be addressed.
He declared: “It is a team problem. You can see it, it's not just from now, it's from the past. We clearly have a lack of goals and a lack of threat. When you threaten the opponents, the opponents maybe don't press you so high. So everything is connected.”.
And despite the relative lack of creativity in the United side, Amorim is sure Hojlund will soon return to scoring ways, saying: "All the players have moments in this season. I think when we started this journey together, Rasmus was the player that was always scoring. But he can come back in the next game, we will see. But I think it's more a team problem than a Rasmus problem.".
