Manchester United's most expensive summer signing will face something unexpected

Rasmus Hojlund hasn't even kicked a ball for Manchester United yet and the pressure on his shoulders has increased tenfold.

Hojlund signed from Atalanta with a minor back injury and he's watched from a distance as his new teammates needed an unlikely matchwinner from Raphael Varane against Wolves and as they squandered chances against Tottenham.

That was just Varane's second goal for United and it was telling the attackers on the opening day of the season needed a defender to do their job, but that's not sustainable and the attacking unit weren't bailed out against Spurs.

Marcus Rashford's header from Bruno Fernandes' superb cross was wayward - he might have been offside - in the first half and that set the tone. Fernandes missed a bigger chance himself and Antony should have scored when hitting the post.

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The statistic of expected goals (xG) does not appeal to everyone, but United created more xG than Ange Postecoglou's side and they fashioned enough chances to have at least scored twice, according to the shot-quantifying metric.

Even if the old school disregards xG, the same conclusion will be drawn when looking at the base match statistics, which show those in red shirts recorded 22 shots and 6 on target without somehow finding the back of the net.

The away support was exasperated watching the performance and so was Erik ten Hag on the sideline. The team have been desperately crying out for a goalscorer for some time and it's been Groundhog Day when watching United.

Harry Kane was the obvious answer to the problem, but Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy was reluctant to sell him to a direct rival and Bayern Munich sniffed an opportunity to sign a generational