Man Utd suffer huge injury blow with Rasmus Hojlund set to miss three weeks including FA Cup and Man City clashes

RASMUS HOJLUND is set to be out of action for up to three weeks with a muscle injury.

It is terrible timing for the Manchester United striker as he had just started to find his form in front of goal.

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Rasmus Hojlund is set for a spell on the sidelines[/caption]

Hojlund’s double against Luton means he has scored in six consecutive Premier League games.

His run stretches back to Boxing Day when he finally netted his first domestic goal in a thrilling 3-2 win over Aston Villa.

The 20-year-old broke a Prem record by becoming the youngest player ever to achieve such a feat, but he is now set for a spell on the sidelines.

Manager Erik ten Hag – who has this week lost Luke Shaw for possibly the rest of the season – said: “It’s a small injury, two to three weeks, that’s what happened, that is the risk playing high intensity, training. It’s not a big injury but he has to wait now for two-three weeks.”

That means he will miss United’s crunch FA Cup clash against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday as well as the Manchester Derby the following Sunday.

The Red Devils have five matches before the international break next month and the Dane could miss them all.

Ten Hag is short of options to lead the line in Hojlund’s place with Antony Martial injured so Marcus Rashford could be forced to play centrally.

Hojlund will miss key games for the Red Devils

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It is a big setback for Hojlund who has scored seven goals in his last six games.

That record means he is the Prem’s leading scorer in 2024, with all of his goals coming in games which United have either won or drawn.

And the manner of his emergence from early season doubts suggests Hojlund has now adapted to the Prem – and arguably quicker than many of the League’s all-time greats did at the start of their careers in England.

There are nine non-British Isles players in the top 25 of all-time Prem scorers.

But of that group, only four – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Thierry Henry, Sergio Aguero and Sadio Mane – scored more goals in their first Prem season than the seven Hojlund has now already managed in his debut campaign.

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