{"id":300243,"date":"2023-12-16T23:24:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T23:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=300243"},"modified":"2023-12-16T23:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T23:24:40","slug":"the-sharpe-end-nobody-passes-to-manchester-uniteds-forwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/the-sharpe-end-nobody-passes-to-manchester-uniteds-forwards\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SHARPE END: Nobody passes to Manchester United&apos;s forwards!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> THE SHARPE END: It&#8217;s no surprise Man United&#8217;s front men can&#8217;t score&#8230; because no one passes to them! No strikers have received fewer passes this season than Rasmus Hojlund and Anthony Martial<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Hojlund waits more than half an hour between passes from Bruno Fernandes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>United&#8217;s forwards have four goals between them compared to Liverpool&#8217;s 24\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Do Man United have what it takes to exploit Liverpool&#8217;s defensive vulnerability? It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You have\u00a0to feel for Rasmus Hojlund.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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<p>There&#8217;s a reason United&#8217;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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/22\/79044369-0-image-a-92_1702764964219.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rasmus Hojlund&#8217;s runs often go unrewarded &#8211; only 28 per cent of them are targeted by passers<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/22\/79044497-0-image-a-106_1702765345256.jpg\" height=\"282\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hojlund has to wait more than half an hour between passes from Fernandes &#8211; three times longer than Sergio Reguilon<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>No strikers have received fewer passes this season than Hojlund and Martial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No striker has had a fewer percentage of his runs (min 250) targeted this season than Hojlund&#8217;s 28 per cent.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/22\/79044501-0-image-a-105_1702765327626.jpg\" height=\"473\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool&#8217;s forwards have scored 24 goals this a season &#8211; rather better than United&#8217;s four<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/22\/79044503-0-image-a-107_1702765362108.jpg\" height=\"457\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>No strikers have received fewer passes this season than Hojlund and Anthony Martial<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;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<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Hojlund can&#8217;t even rely on Bruno Fernandes.<\/p>\n<p>He has received just 24 passes from him, waiting more than half an hour between them &#8211; he passes more to Harry Maguire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12872653\/THE-SHARPE-END-Manchester-United-Rasmus-Hojlund-Anthony-Martial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE SHARPE END: It&#8217;s no surprise Man United&#8217;s front men can&#8217;t score&#8230; because no one passes to them! No strikers have received fewer passes this season than Rasmus Hojlund and Anthony Martial Hojlund waits more than half an hour between passes from Bruno Fernandes United&#8217;s forwards have four goals between them compared to Liverpool&#8217;s 24\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>THE SHARPE END: Nobody passes to Manchester United&amp;apos;s forwards! - Tell My Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/the-sharpe-end-nobody-passes-to-manchester-uniteds-forwards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"THE SHARPE END: Nobody passes to Manchester United&amp;apos;s forwards! - Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE SHARPE END: It&#8217;s no surprise Man United&#8217;s front men can&#8217;t score&#8230; because no one passes to them! 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