Ruben Amorim set alarm bells ringing with praise for Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund

Rasmus Hojlund would benefit from a spell out of Manchester United's starting team.

But there are no other senior strikers available in the dressing room, which means Hojlund has been starting by default and lumbering up to deliver lifeless performances at centre-forward.

Another of those performances came against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Friday night. Hojlund offered close to nothing in London, and Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero certainly won't be losing any sleep ahead of their tussle with the out-of-form striker in next week's Europa League final.

United fans have reached their breaking point with Hojlund. They have become tired of watching him each week, although Ruben Amorim seemed to take a more positive view on Friday.

When Amorim was asked about Hojlund's display in his press conference, he responded: "I’m happy, of course all the team has to improve, but the way he runs, he fights for every ball, loses a lot of duels, wins some duels, he needs to improve the connection. But he is improving. I’m really happy with him, he just needs to continue working hard and better things will come."

The reaction to Amorim's comments has been interesting, as some supporters believe it wasn't a good look for Amorim to say he is "happy" with Hojlund after such an abysmal showing.

Amorim was stuck between a rock and a hard place with that question, though. He can't hang his player out to dry and be scathing about his performance, although he didn't have to say he was "happy" with him.

The 40-year-old is an impressive communicator and has a strong command of English, so his comments on Hojlund weren't a mishap, despite likely needing to be taken with a pinch of salt.

Amorim cannot be happy with Hojlund because he has