{"id":300751,"date":"2023-12-16T23:24:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T23:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=300751"},"modified":"2023-12-16T23:24:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T23:24:46","slug":"the-sharpe-end-nobody-passes-to-manchester-uniteds-forwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/the-sharpe-end-nobody-passes-to-manchester-uniteds-forwards\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SHARPE END: Nobody passes to Manchester United's forwards!"},"content":{"rendered":"
You have\u00a0to feel for Rasmus Hojlund.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Young, keen, brimming with hope for a bright future at Manchester United. Only for you to bust your gut, make your runs and watch your teammates either choose to pass to someone else or decide to have a pop on goal \u2014 usually Antony \u2014 from anywhere and everywhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There’s a reason United’s forwards have four PL goals between them this season and Liverpool have 24. One works as a team and the other is Manchester United.<\/p>\n
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Rasmus Hojlund’s runs often go unrewarded – only 28 per cent of them are targeted by passers<\/p>\n
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Hojlund has to wait more than half an hour between passes from Fernandes – three times longer than Sergio Reguilon<\/p>\n
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No strikers have received fewer passes this season than Hojlund and Martial.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No striker has had a fewer percentage of his runs (min 250) targeted this season than Hojlund’s 28 per cent.<\/p>\n
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Liverpool’s forwards have scored 24 goals this a season – rather better than United’s four<\/p>\n
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No strikers have received fewer passes this season than Hojlund and Anthony Martial<\/p>\n
It’s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n Hojlund can’t even rely on Bruno Fernandes.<\/p>\n He has received just 24 passes from him, waiting more than half an hour between them – he passes more to Harry Maguire.\u00a0<\/p>\n