1 week Ago By Laurynas Puikys
Rasmus Hojlund endured another tough showing in Manchester United’s 2-2 draw with Lyon on Thursday night and was slammed by the French media for a ‘catastrophic’ performance. The Danish striker failed to escape criticism following a dire display at the Groupama Stadium, with French newspaper L’Equipe rating him as the worst player on the pitch with a 2/10 grade, even worse than Andre Onana, who had a calamity in goal . Hojlund, who made his 11th appearance of the Europa League campaign, registered just 10 touches in his 63 minutes on the pitch, completed three passes, won none of his three duels and attempted two shots.
The Man United striker was replaced in the second half by Joshua Zirkzee, who went on to score the Red Devils’ second in the dying minutes of the game. Rasmus Hojlund Slammed for Lyon Display French media were full of criticism for Hojlund following Man United’s 2-2 draw with Lyon, with FootMercato awarding him a 4/10 rating and pointing to his ‘soft’ shots: “A failed match for the Manchester United centre-forward. It took until the 18th minute for him to get into action: he received a good pass from Dorgu and found himself in an ideal position in the heart of the box, but completely missed his shot without control.
“The rest of his game was of the same ilk: soft and not very dangerous shots, completely missed passes.” MaxiFoot gave Hojlund a 2/10 – the lowest among Man United players – and described his performance as ‘catastrophic’: “The Danish striker was catastrophic. Missed controls, off-tempo calls, weak shots.
A performance that was a complete failure. “Replaced in the 63rd minute by Joshua Zirkzee, who scored with a header at the end of the match.” Homme du Match said Hojlund’s display was ‘very dull’ and also handed him a 2/10: “A very dull, if not listless, match for the Danish striker.
A shot completely misfired in the first twenty minutes and then nothing.” Finally, L’Equipe gave Hojlund the lowest rating of any player on the pitch, a 2/10 for his uninspiring 63-minute performance: Hojlund has made 42 appearances across all competitions for United this season, scoring eight goals and providing four assists. The Danish striker has scored just once in 2025 so far, netting in Man United's 3-0 league win over Leicester in March.
Rasmus Hojlund's Man Utd Stats (2024/25 Premier League) Games 26 Goals 3 Assists 0 Goal-creating actions 1 Minutes played 1,549 Sign up to The GIVEMESPORT Report to get exclusive daily updates from Fabrizio Romano, Ben Jacobs, Dean Jones and Tom Bogert sent straight to your inbox. Manchester United have held discussions with Matheus Cunha's agent over a potential summer switch to Old Trafford Statistics courtesy of Fbref and Transfermarkt . Correct as of 1 1 -04-25.
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