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Rasmus Hojlund hates the comparisons with Erling Haaland but they were hard to ignore at the weekend.

Marcus Rashford hesitated when he dragged the ball forward into the Tottenham box, but Hojlund wasted no time as he got the ball out of his feet and rifled a ferocious effort into the back of the net.

It was a strike you'd expect to see from the Man City marksman. A lethal finish in the blink of the eye. The mark of a stone cold killer in front of goal.

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Hojlund will still have to do a lot more if he is to ever warrant comparisons with Haaland on a regular basis, but this was clearly a step in the right direction after a frustrating start to the campaign.

The 20-year-old might have scored two goals in his last two Premier League matches, though it is also true that he has only scored two goals in his last 16 Premier League matches as well.

On recent evidence, you have to give him the benefit of the doubt to suggest he has finally turned a corner, but it is important to note that in between those two league goals was a really poor performance against Wigan in the FA Cup.

United are still banking on the belief that Hojlund will find the consistency required to be one of the very best in the world, and that has to be expected of him given the enormous amount of money that was invested in him.

The perverse nature of the situation is that Hojlund clearly needs time to settle but can't afford the luxury of time when he cost them so much in the first place. The nature of his job title as United's main striker assures that he will ultimately be judged by a