Rasmus Hojlund: Man United star sees lucky escape at weekend

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·12 November 2025

Rasmus Hojlund: Man United star sees lucky escape at weekend

Manchester United’s Rasmus Hojlund has had a roller coaster of a time in Italy.

Napoli loan

After a largely ineffective two years at Old Trafford, Hojlund was sent on loan to Napoli in Serie A.

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His move originally started with great success, scoring on his debut versus Fiorentina.

He has bagged a total of two goals in seven league matches for the champions. What’s more, he has also scored two goals in three Champions League matches.

Nonetheless, the goals for the Dane and Napoli have dried up in recent times.

Hojlund has not found the back of the net since the 5th October for Napoli against Genoa. The team itself has only scored one goal since that time.

Lucky escape

The Dane also not only put in a weak performance in the 2-0 defeat to Bologna at the weekend but he was also lucky to stay on the pitch.

Football Italia report that refereeing designator Gianluca Rocchi confirmed that Rasmus Hojlund “should’ve been sent off” for his reaction to a foul during the game.

As the two fell to the ground, Hojlund was seen throwing an elbow at Lewis Ferguson’s ribs in retaliation.

The action was actually spotted by the referee and the Dane was shown a yellow card as punishment.

Rocchi believes that the United striker was fortunate and stated, “for us, this is a sending off, because the attitude is absolutely unacceptable.”

He continued, “it is true that Ferguson is holding him, but the correct decision would’ve been to send off Hojlund and book Ferguson. In this case, you don’t even need to evaluate the intensity of the strike, because a player should not have this type of attitude.”

Rocchi also spoke on the importance of eradicating serious foul play and that it is the referee’s job to protect players from it.