Rasmus Hojlund brutally mocked Kyle Walker after their feisty clash in Manchester United’s dramatic derby win over Manchester City. The duo went head to head in the first half, with Manchester City defender Walker attempting to get Hojlund in trouble by falling to the turf.
Hojlund was furious with a challenge by the City player, angrily confronting him before they went head to head. Walker attempted to persuade referee Anthony Taylor that he had been headbutted by the Red Devils forward, falling to the floor and holding his face in an incident slammed as « embarrassing » by United icons Roy Keane and Gary Neville.
United went on to win 2-1 thanks to last-gasp goals by Bruno Fernandes and Amad Diallo. Their incredible victory allowed Hojlund to have the last laugh.
The Denmark international shared an image on Instagram of him and Walker going head to head, before the City star went to ground. The United star cleverly wrote in the caption: “Manchester is red, violets are blue, what a brilliant performance, but the oscar goes to…”
Hojlund was substituted by Ruben Amorim before United sparked their incredible comeback. Amad won the penalty from which Fernandes scored and the 22-year-old then sensationally looped the ball over goalkeeper Ederson before converting from a tight angle.
The angry clash between Hojlund and Walker caused plenty of debate. Former United midfielder Roy Keane called the stand-in City captain ’embarrassing’. He said on Sky Sports punditry: « It’s a foul, Hojlund’s not happy, that’s fine. But Walker… Walker must be embarrassed. He must be embarrassed to go down like that. There’s no contact, I’m embarrassed.
« I don’t know the guy [but] I’m embarrassed for him. »
Speaking on commentary, Neville added: « It’s poor from Kyle Walker because [under] the initial contact, he doesn’t go down. He goes down when he realised there might have been contact. He’ll be a little bit embarrassed when he sees that back. »
United boss Amorim, who made bold decisions to exclude Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho from his squad, secured his first major victory since his appointment a month ago. The Portuguese coach said afterwards: “You could feel we were near to scoring. The speed of our runs, we had some opportunities with that. We controlled [Erling] Haaland and the other guys in the offence.
“When we scored the first one, you could feel it in the team. They wanted more. Congratulations to the lads.”
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