Rasmus Hojlund has spoken out after receiving the wrath of Manchester United fans for a post shared following the 3-3 draw with Porto.
Hojlund made his first start of the season for United on Thursday and opened his account by scoring the second goal in the 20th minute to add to Marcus Rashford's opener and put Erik ten Hag's men 2-0 up.
United collapsed after that though and found themselves 3-2 down early on in the second half after a header from Pepe and a brace from the unplayable Samu Samu Omorodion.
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Harry Maguire scored a stoppage-time equaliser to save Ten Hag's bacon for now.
But Hojlund was blasted for an Instagram post where he focused on his goal despite the disappointing performance.
Accompanied by pictures of him celebrating scoring, the Dane wrote: "Luckily I had 6 weeks to practice my celebration. A win would’ve made it perfect."
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Yet after the poor timing of his post, Hojlund was forced to issue a statement.
On Friday, he responded on his Instagram story - explaining what was shared on his feed and apologising to the fans.
He said: "I've seen some anger about my post of yesterday. I never intended that... I was only happy to be back out there on the scoresheet again after a tough few weeks where I couldn't play and score.
"Obviously we go for the win and I will give everything to make you guys happy, sorry yesterday's post was not the case. Let's move on, Getting ready to give everything again on Sunday."
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United return to action with a tough trip to high-flying Aston Villa, who beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Hojlund, who scored 16 goals in all competitions in his first season for United, was missing at the start of the season after suffering a pre-season injury.
He has struggled for sharpness in his substitute appearances and played 68 minutes on Thursday before being replaced by Joshua Zirkzee.
Topics: Manchester United, Rasmus Hojlund, Erik Ten Hag
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