Revealed: Damning stats that disgrace Man United strikers Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee after limp shows in 1-0 win over Fulham

Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee’s struggles throughout Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Fulham have been laid naked by a sequence of damning stats.

United secured a slender victory at Craven Cottage final evening after Lisandro Martinez’s deflected strike, shifting them 4 factors off the highest half of the desk.

However Ruben Amorim’s aspect once more delivered a blunt show in entrance of purpose with Hojlund and Zirkzee, the membership’s two No 9s, failing to check Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno.

Certainly, United as an entire recorded only one shot on course, and 4 pictures in complete, throughout your entire 90 minutes, whereas additionally finishing fewer passes than the hosts.

Hojlund was given the nod from the off however couldn’t muster up an effort on purpose. He managed solely 17 touches of the ball, with one in all them inside Fulham’s space.

And after he accomplished solely six of his eight passes, the Dane was unsurprisingly hooked by an unimpressed Amorim simply shy of the hour mark.

Joshua Zirkzee, introduced on within the second half, registered zero pictures on purpose at Craven Cottage 

Lisandro Martinez’s deflected strike moved United inside 4 factors of the highest half of the desk

Damningly, Hojlund has not scored in 36 of his 48 Premier League video games for United since becoming a member of from Atalanta in a deal price £72million. 

Hojlund was changed by Zirkzee, a £36.5m summer season signing underneath Erik ten Hag. 

Zirkzee has equally did not hit the bottom operating at Previous Trafford, having netted simply three league objectives, and he additionally registered zero pictures at Craven Cottage.

Not like Hojlund, nonetheless, Zirkzee did not take a single contact in Fulham’s field. He additionally managed simply 5 passes all recreation throughout an underwhelming second-half cameo.

However, talking on TNT Sports activities, Rio Ferdinand singled out Hojlund for criticism and prompt his team-mates would have been indignant at his failure to carry up the ball.

‘I might be shocked if Hojlund is not getting a number of fingers pointed at him,’ stated Ferdinand. ‘Maintain the ball up. Hojlund is the platform for them to stand up the pitch. 

‘Manchester United can’t get any good possession across the ultimate third when their quantity 9 isn’t capable of maintain the ball up.’

Hojlund and Zirkzee’s purpose scoring woes have led to options that Marcus Rashford could possibly be introduced again in from the chilly.

Hojlund additionally did not muster up a shot on purpose and took one contact inside Fulham’s penalty space

Zirkzee has equally did not hit to hit the bottom operating since arriving at Previous Trafford

Ruben Amorim has averted criticising the 2 strikers regardless of their blunt performances

Rashford has not appeared for the final 11 video games and has to date did not safe a mortgage transfer this month regardless of holding talks with a number of golf equipment.

However Amorim is adamant that the ahead continues to be unavailable and final evening, the United head coach claimed he would relatively choose his 63-year-old goalkeeping coach.

‘It is all the time the identical motive – the coaching, the best way I see a footballer ought to do in life,’ stated Amorim. ‘It is day by day, each element. 

‘If issues do not change, I can’t change. It is the identical state of affairs for each participant, for those who do the utmost and proper issues we will use each participant.

‘You may see on the bench we miss a little bit of tempo on the bench, however I might put Important earlier than a participant who does not give the utmost day by day.’

Requested if the state of affairs will change if Rashford continues to be at United after deadline day subsequent week, Amorim added: ‘It is the identical state of affairs for each participant. Should you do the utmost, for those who do the precise issues, we will use each participant.’