Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen has said he is "pretty confident" teammate Rasmus Hojlund will turn his fortunes around after going a 20th game without a goal.
Hojlund started Sunday's 1-1 draw with Arsenal on the bench, being replaced by Eriksen in the starting XI. Eriksen's first Premier League start of 2025 meant Joshua Zirkzee led United's attack.
Hojlund stepped off the bench in the second half, replacing Eriksen with 14 minutes left on the clock, and he had two good opportunities to end his goal drought and fire United to all three points, but on both occasions he was halted by some brilliant Arsenal defending.
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The first of his two chances saw him presented with the opportunity to capitalise on an Arsenal defensive mix up, but he was too slow to react and Declan Rice produced a great challenge to deny him.
Despite his goal drought showing no signs of coming to an end, Eriksen is optimistic Hojlund will "come good" at Old Trafford.
"I am pretty confident that he will come good," Eriksen told Sky Sports. "He is a hard-working guy and he is unhappy when he doesn't score goals.
"But you can name about ten other players in the team who don't score enough goals. He is a good kid, he will be fine."
United took the lead right on the stroke of half-time through a wonderful free-kick from Bruno Fernandes, marking his seventh Premier League goal of the season and his 13th across all competitions.
On Fernandes' free-kick, Eriksen said: "Very good, happy that the wall was a few metres away! You saw how far back they were and it was beneficial for us.
"We felt relief from the fans in the stadium after the goal."
