{"id":288997,"date":"2023-09-25T19:04:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T19:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=288997"},"modified":"2023-09-25T19:04:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T19:04:27","slug":"i-can-handle-him-crystal-palace-stars-warning-to-man-utds-rasmus-hojlund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/i-can-handle-him-crystal-palace-stars-warning-to-man-utds-rasmus-hojlund\/","title":{"rendered":"'I can handle him' – Crystal Palace star's warning to Man Utd's Rasmus Hojlund"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Manchester United star Rasmus Hojlund has received high praise from his international teammate and Crystal Palace defender Joachim Andersen.<\/p>\n

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Palace travel to United twice over the next five days \u2013 first for a Carabao Cup clash on Tuesday night and then a Premier League meeting on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Hojlund is set to play a key part for the Red Devils in these fixtures as they look to build up some momentum after a woeful start to the season.<\/p>\n

Erik ten Hag\u2019s team have lost four of their opening seven games of the season, though they have looked better since the introduction of summer signing Hojlund who scored his first goal for the club in the 4-3 defeat at Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n

There is plenty of pressure on the 20-year-old striker who was signed from Atalanta in a deal worth up to \u00a372million, but Andersen believes he is the real deal \u2013 though is also hopeful he can keep his Denmark teammate quiet in the next two matches.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s going to be fun to play against him!\u2019 the Eagles centre-back told Palace\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n

\u2018He\u2019s a young lad with a good character, a lot of energy and really good attributes. He\u2019s quick, he\u2019s strong and he has a lot of energy.<\/p>\n

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\u2018It\u2019s not easy to play against a player like him and I think his start [in England] has been really good. He scored last week so I\u2019m really happy for him.<\/p>\n

\u2018Hopefully he\u2019ll score a lot of goals for our national team\u2026 but I think I can handle him in the games we\u2019re going to play against each other!\u2019<\/p>\n

Historically, Palace have done very poorly against United, but in recent years that has changed somewhat, winning three of their last eight meetings \u2013 two of those coming at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n