Rasmus Hojlund told Man Utd duo holding him back after he's urged to confront team-mate

Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund has received sympathy from Premier League winner Chris Sutton, who puts the forward's lack of goals down to poor service.

The 20-year-old was signed from Atalanta this summer in a deal that cost the Red Devils a whopping £72million, but more than four months on Hojlund is still waiting for his first Premier League goal. Though some feel the Denmark international himself is to blame, others - like Sutton, blame it on United's wingers.

Speaking on Mail Sport's It's All Kicking Off podcast, Sutton explained how performances from wide players like Antony have hardly helped Hojlund's cause. United have found goals hard to come by so far this term, with Erik ten Hag's side scoring the lowest amount of any of the top 15 sides in the table.

"I don't want to keep going back to Manchester United, but we watched Hojlund the other night, I felt really sorry for him," Sutton claimed. "I feel really sorry for him. He looks like a player that is a little bit low on confidence now, but I don't think that he has an understanding of how he can score a goal at Manchester United because the wide players want the ball for themselves.

"Antony, the other night, never got his head up. Pass, follow, link-up – there aren't combinations. And that's a massive issue."

Sutton isn't the only one who feels Hojlund is suffering at the hands of his team-mates. Arsenal legend Ian Wright claimed that the striker should be "pulling up" Diogo Dalot over the lack of quality in service during last week's 3-0 home defeat by Bournemouth.

After analysing one piece of play that saw Dalot snub the run of Hojlund, Wright told Match of the Day: “For me, it was when I saw… It was [Diogo] Dalot, and at 1-0 and we are talking about