How Man United dressing room reacted to Rasmus Hojlund goal vs Bournemouth
Rasmus Hojlund has struggled for form this term, but he scored a late equaliser for Man Utd against Bournemouth on Sunday.
Bruno Fernandes said Manchester United's players were "very happy" to see Rasmus Hojlund score against Bournemouth.
Hojlund scored 16 goals in all competitions in a solid first season in Manchester, but he has markedly regressed and scored just his fourth Premier League goal of the season against Bournemouth.
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The Cherries went down to 10 men with 20 minutes remaining and Hojlund produced an equaliser in added time, prodding home from close range to score a much-needed goal.
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Hojlund finding the net before the most important games of the season against Athletic Bilbao is a boost for United, and Fernandes admitted the players were happy for him.
"Strikers are about scoring goals, we all know that," Fernandes told MUTV after the game.
"He [Hojlund] knows the responsibility of being the No.9 of United, and he has to score goals, that's the demand of a club like this. Not only for him, but for everybody else who plays here and has the qualities to get into the box and score goals - they have to do it.
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"Everybody is very happy to see a striker scoring and hopefully it's going to give him a little push for what is coming."
United will play Bilbao in the first leg of the Europa League semi-final on Thursday and they have just a few days to prepare for the match. "We haven't spoke about it yet," said Fernandes.
"From now, tomorrow on, we have to focus on recovery, focus on what we have to do against Bilbao because it's going to be a very tough game. We know they play at home and they will play a final at home if they beat us. This is giving our fans the chance to travel twice to Bilbao."
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In a separate interview with Sky Sports, Fernandes added: “It was very important not to lose the game today. We’re not at the best level in the Premier League, so we needed to get something. It’s not the result we wanted, but we had to push a little to get something.
“We did enough to at least score one goal. We created enough chances to score more than one goal, but it’s still not enough from us. We need to be have more anger than the defenders to get the ball.
"To get [the ball] first, you need to be focused in everything you do in training. That’s what we have to do from now on. We should have done it already and we’ve been doing it in training, but you need to do it in games."
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