‘For sure’: Owen Hargreaves is convinced he knows Ruben Amorim’s best option to start up front now

Manchester United got back to winning ways on Thursday night with a 2-1 win over Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League.

The Red Devils, who were desperate to end a two-match losing run, found themselves trailing early in the second half.

Former Burnley forward Matej Vydra pounced on a mistake from Man United goalkeeper Andre Onana to give the hosts the lead.

Ruben Amorim looked to the bench for inspiration and it duly came from Rasmus Hojlund, who slammed home in the 62nd minute.

Hojlund then turned the game around for Man United in the 88th minute when he latched onto Bruno Fernandes’ free kick to fire past Martin Jedlicka.

Owen Hargreaves, speaking on TNT Sports after the game, shared who he thought was now Amorim’s best option up front for Man United.

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Owen Hargreaves says Rasmus Hojlund is Manchester United’s best option up front

Hargreaves declared Hojlund to be Amorim’s best option down the middle, claiming the new Man United boss sees him as similar to Viktor Gyokeres, who he worked with at Sporting CP.

The Old Trafford cult hero admitted that Hojlund still has some work to do, but for the time being, he’s a better option than the likes of Joshua Zirkzee and Marcus Rashford.

“Rasmus Hojlund is Ruben Amorim’s best option down the middle, that is for sure,” said Hargreaves, via BBC Sport.

“I think Amorim had that idea before hand as Viktor Gyokeres [at Sporting] is a really similar profile in terms of physicality and size. Hojlund is a great athlete as well.

“There are things that himself and Joshua Zirkzee can work on but right now it is Hojlund, Amad Diallo and Bruno Fernandes are the ones creating opportunities for United.”

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After the game, Amorim told reporters about Hojlund: “He’s improving, I think he’s more near the goal now.

“He knows better the movements he has to do. He could score more this evening but he’s scoring, he’s working, he’s controlling the ball better so he’s improving.

“The other guys are there also on the bench to change the game and they did it.”

The Manchester Evening News gave Hojlund a rating of 8 out of 10 and wrote: “Second game running he scored on the rebound. He went one better by putting United 2-1 up.”

Likewise, Manchester World went with an 8 out of 10 rating and wrote: “United looked a lot more dangerous with him on the pitch and he took both of his goals really well.

“He’s settled the striker debate for now.”