At the beginning of the second half, an odd kit problem momentarily stopped Manchester United’s Friday night journey to Stamford Bridge. Chelsea defeated the Red Devils 1-0 that evening, sending them to their eighth straight Premier League loss and moving them closer to qualifying for the Champions League.
Ruben Amorim’s team will now undoubtedly end the season with the most losses, the fewest wins, and the lowest point total since the top flight’s 1992 rebranding—a triple crown of undesired records. But evidently, whether at home or packed into the Shed End, it wasn’t simply their performance that had United supporters inconsolable.
A sudden wardrobe malfunction forced the halt of play just five minutes into the second stanza. Although he found humour in the situation, Rasmus Hojlund was the guilty party.
Rasmus Hojlund’s Bizarre Kit Issue At Stamford Bridge
The Denmark international returned after the break wearing a watch
Referee Chris Kavanagh stopped play for a moment to allow the out-of-form Danish forward to take off his fitness watch and give it to the assistant referee after Hojlund returned to the pitch after halftime wearing what appeared to be a fitness watch following a goalless first half in which Harry Maguire’s goal was chalked off for offside. View the incident below:
Many social media users praised the United player’s commitment to getting his steps in and closing his rings, and the 22-year-old shrugged it off. In the end, though, it only served to postpone the inevitable—a few more seconds before Marc Cucurella’s game-winning goal in the 71st minute sealed the Red Devils’ defeat.
United fans haven’t been nearly as understanding, despite his manager’s rapid endorsement of him in his post-match interview, which pointed to signs of development. For a striker who has only scored four goals in 31 league games this season—a result that falls well short of expectations for a £64 million signing—and who is beginning to appear more like a bust than a marquee purchase, patience is running thin.
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