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Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund has insisted that he and his teammates have to be “sharp” at set-pieces once they face Arsenal within the third spherical of the FA Cup this Sunday.
United suffered a 2-0 defeat towards Arsenal on the Emirates final month. Each Arsenal targets took place from corner-kick routines, with Jurrien Timber and William Saliba discovering the again of the online.
Defending dead-ball deliveries has confirmed to be a significant weak point of United this season and it’s one thing Ruben Amorim has repeatedly acknowledged must be addressed.
Hojlund sat down with club media and singled out set items as Arsenal’s largest menace towards the Crimson Devils.
The Dane stated, “It’s a troublesome first opponent and away as nicely. However we’re going to go for it and, and attempt to go for it once more this 12 months.”
“It’s recreation and the Emirates is a pleasant stadium. The pitch is excellent. I had my debut there as nicely. So it’s a particular place for me and opponent. I’m wanting ahead to it.”
“It may be [a good thing that we played there not long ago], if we do it proper. I feel we have to be sharp at set-pieces, they’ve been excellent on that, and so they scored twice from that final time round.”
“So yeah, very targeted there. Simply making an attempt to maintain enhancing and do what the supervisor’s saying and I feel we might be good.”
On working beneath Amorim, Hojlund remarked, “It’s very good to have a supervisor like that, you may see the fervour and struggle within him and he provides lots of freedom to his gamers, nevertheless it’s an excellent stability.”
“It’s nonetheless very early days and our outcomes haven’t been good lately nevertheless it’s about the place we might be and I feel if we preserve going like this, we’re on a tough path, however you must recover from that interval after which begin seeing a response. It’s vital to start out profitable to present some confidence.”
United are at present the FA Cup holders after beating Manchester Metropolis 2-1 at Wembley final 12 months. There was an enormous scare for the group on their method to the ultimate, as they got here near crashing out within the semi-finals stage vs. Coventry Metropolis.
“Clearly the sport [Coventry] was not the perfect however ultimately it was a part of the story that we write for the win and getting by way of there was essential.”
“On a really rumbly season, I bear in mind us being very focussed and really prepared for that recreation [FA Cup final]. You could possibly see that from the primary second the whistle blew and it was two particular targets from particular gamers. The second half all the time will get a bit… It was about profitable.”
“They had been urgent on, so we defended nicely and obtained there ultimately. My mom and father had been celebrating with me and I gave my father my medal to put on that evening. We’ll attempt to win extra.”
Arsenal vs. United kicks off at 15:00 GMT.
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