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Hojlund was handed his first begin for United following his £72 million transfer from Atalanta in the summertime and was denied a objective within the opening 45 minutes as a decent VAR name dominated that Marcus Rashford had taken the ball out of play within the construct up.
Ten Hag’s facet had been trailing by two objectives when Hojlund was changed by Anthony Martial within the sixty fourth minute, a call which was met with loud boos and jeers inside Previous Trafford.
United went on to lose the sport 3-1, which implies they’ve suffered three defeats of their opening 5 Premier League video games.
However Ten Hag has defended his choice to substitute Hojlund simply over the hour mark, insisting that the Denmark worldwide must be rigorously managed again to full health.
‘I feel it was optimistic,’ Ten Hag mentioned when requested concerning the boos in the direction of his choice to exchange Hojlund.
‘You see the followers from the primary second at Previous Trafford, the reception was nice. He carried out very nicely.
‘I feel it’s good that they gave this sign, this message. It’ll give him perception, Rasmus. However everybody is aware of he got here with a small problem. We constructed him over final three, 4 weeks, he’s not prepared for full recreation.
‘We’ve many video games to play in a brief interval, we additionally should construct his health.’
Requested if the detrimental response could possibly be perceived as being in the direction of Martial, Ten Hag replied: ‘I feel it was as a result of Rasmus Hojlund got here off. I don’t wish to focus on that.
‘I feel Martial final 12 months each time when he performed he had very optimistic impact on our video games. I feel we virtually didn’t lose a recreation with Anthony Martial on the pitch, so if that’s the actual fact then I don’t perceive, as a result of when he’s match he positively contributes.
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‘At this second he’s not prime match and he’s bettering. I’m certain, when he’s 100 per cent match he’ll contribute once more like final season.
‘He has to make additionally his personal luck and be accessible and be persistently accessible after which his kind will likely be higher. Each time final 12 months when he was enjoying he affected our recreation in a optimistic approach. I hope he stays match and he’ll contribute to our recreation.’
Requested if he regretted taking Hojlund off, Ten Hag mentioned: ‘Yeah but when he will get injured as a result of he isn’t succesful to play 90 minutes then we’re a lot additional away from the place we wish to go.’
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