The closest to 22 years old came on this occasion – one day when United managed only two shots on the target – failed a few centimeters to connect with a Garnacho cross with a distant Alejandro with a distant post, when a touch would surely have turned the ball since it was less than a yard.
Apart from that, it was the usual mix of Hojlund’s industry and physical will.
The argument is that he just needs a goal to restore confidence and have it fired again. The truth is that, apart from a series of five goals in four games at the start of the reign of Amorim and eight games in eight in the middle of last season, Hojlund was not convincing as a person capable of leading the line or having a big impact in a Premier League team.
He simply does not compare himself to Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah, Bukayo Saka or even, this season anyway, Chris Wood at Nottingham Forest.
AMORIM cannot offer an unspected opinion on Hojlund. All he can do is to judge to continue working with him because dropping the Danes is not part of the plan.
“The only way I know is to work on him and show him the videos,” added the United Boss. “He must score a goal and he will not score if he is absent (team), so I try to manage this during the matches.”
Amorim stressed that the point that Hojlund should not assume the responsibility or the blame for the problems of goals of United.
Aside from the last three, only Everton and West Ham have marked less than their 38 this season.
“If you watch the games, we have several players who lack a big chance, not just Rasmus,” said Amorim. “Of course, for Rasmus, the match is to score goals because he is an attacker, but it’s a team thing. Our team should score more goals, it’s not just the chances of Rasmus.”
United has now lost eight home games in the Premier League this season, their most defeated in Old Trafford in a league campaign since 1962-63. They still have two other chances – against West Ham and Aston Villa – to suffer from a ninth and equal to six decades ago.
With a defeat of the 15th campaign League – a club record in the era of the Premier League – Amorim has no other option than trying to bring out all the positive points of the lamentable experience he lives.
Against the Wolves, who focused on the performances of the 20 -year -old central defender, Tyler Fredricson, who made a first start to the first team, and Harry Amass. The 18 -year -old thread was impressed once to raise other questions about the reasons why he was omitted at the start of the campaign while United was desperately for a left foot player in defense.
Amorim knows the season of United on his Europa League campaign.
He must find a way to ensure the victory on Athletic Bilbao in the semi-finals, then against Tottenham or the Norwegian side Bodo / Glimt to comfort himself of a hot period, where it is difficult even for him to tell the fans that everything will go to the end.
“We tell fans the truth that we lack things in our team, that we lack the chances, and that if we do not score goals, we will not win,” said Amorim, questioned about his message to the supporters.
“We have a lot to do and focus on improving the step -by -step team. Understanding that until the end of the league will be like that and then we have to do something.
“Of course, we have a plan and we talk about it every day, but the season is not over, so let’s focus on it.”
The situation of Amorim was aggravated by the double of the Wolves League – which sealed their status as the Premier League – and because their hiring of Portuguese manager, Vitor Pereira, had a seismic impact in Molinine in the way in which United did not live.
It was quite informative, long after Morim had left the scene, to listen to Pereira explain how he had lifted the club away from relegation problems after his arrival in December.
“The most important thing is to create a link with people,” he said. “It was my first target. I wanted to bring energy, confidence and confidence when I turn to the players to help me.
“Thanks to the mind and in our time together, we talk about our lives and create a link with the supporters to make them believe.
“I crossed our tactical idea and our principles from the first day we worked together. The players know that I like good football, my team playing with the ball. Sometimes it is not possible but we must then know how to defend. Today, we had a record number of free kicks and corners against us, but in the end they did not mark.”
Everything comes down to a score at the end. Until MORIM finds an answer to this, United does not go anywhere.
