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Napoli midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has made a hanging declare about Manchester United loanee Rasmus Hojlund after he led the Italian facet to a 2-1 Champions League victory over Sporting Lisbon.
Hojlund stuns for Napoli
Since making his late-summer change from United to Napoli, Hojlund has appeared like a participant reworked.
He bagged his first aim for Napoli on his debut as Antonio Conte’s males cruised to a 3-1 Serie A victory over Fiorentina. The Dane has proven progress beneath Conte, nevertheless it was on Wednesday night that he actually got here alive.
Hojlund opened the scoring within the thirty sixth minute, latching onto a De Bruyne by way of ball earlier than racing ahead and firing dwelling with an excellent end.
Luis Suarez drew Sporting degree shortly after the hour mark as he transformed from the penalty spot. However, Hojlund had the ultimate phrase, nodding dwelling an excellent De Bruyne cross to seal all three factors for the Partenopei.
It was an unimaginable night time for Hojlund, who was topped the Participant of the Match.
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After the ultimate whistle, De Bruyne spoke to reporters and likened the United striker to Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland.
De Bruyne makes beautiful Hojlund declare
De Bruyne stated [as quoted by Get Football News Italy], “We performed an important recreation, however Sporting are robust and performed an important recreation with method and depth.”
“We created probabilities, however then the penalty was a little bit of a silly mistake. We deserved the win at the moment.”
“I used to be attempting to get into that house for the primary aim and was ready for the precise second to cross it to Rasmus, fortunately he did the remainder. I feel Rasmus is rising quite a bit and is similar to Haaland.”
Requested what makes Hojlund and Haaland related, De Bruyne remarked, “I feel they’re very related as a result of they each wish to assault the depth.”
“Possibly Hojlund involves play the ball in direction of us extra, however I feel he must assault the house quite a bit as a result of he can rating and provides us a giant hand.”
Having performed alongside Haaland at Metropolis, De Bruyne is properly positioned to touch upon the Norwegian and on how intently Hojlund compares to him.
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