For a striker to go 21 games without a goal is quite something. When that forward is a Manchester United number nine, the pressure cooker is turned up to its maximum setting.
But while some criticism has been warranted, especially when it appeared Rasmus Hojlund was not putting in the hard yards to cure his most severe bout of profligacy in front of goal yet, there is something the doubters have to bear in mind before venting their fury – the embryonic Dane did not sign up for this.
