{"id":478541,"date":"2024-02-18T14:46:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T18:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=478541"},"modified":"2024-02-18T14:46:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T18:46:30","slug":"man-united-has-to-fight-hard-to-get-2-1-win-at-luton","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/man-united-has-to-fight-hard-to-get-2-1-win-at-luton\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United has to fight hard to get 2-1 win at Luton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rasmus Hojlund extended his remarkable goal-scoring streak to six consecutive Premier League games as Manchester United overcame a spirited Luton Town performance at Kenilworth Road, keeping their top-four aspirations alive.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a372m summer acquisition from Atalanta, who initially struggled to find the net, showcased his red-hot form by scoring twice within the first seven minutes, propelling Erik ten Hag&#8217;s team to their fourth consecutive league victory.<\/p>\n<p>Hojlund capitalized on Amari&#8217;i Bell&#8217;s mistake just 37 seconds into the game, skillfully rounding keeper Thomas Kaminski to open the scoring. He doubled his tally in the seventh minute, redirecting Alejandro Garnacho&#8217;s shot into the net with instinctive precision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Quiet start to this one&#8230; \ud83d\ude05<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MUFC<\/a> || <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUTMUN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LUTMUN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GiGiipuzGr\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/GiGiipuzGr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd\/status\/1759257429429092539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite Luton Town&#8217;s spirited response and Carlton Morris&#8217;s quick header, the Hatters struggled to contain United, especially in the first half, creating a lively atmosphere. United faced setbacks before the interval, losing defender Luke Shaw to injury, while Harry Maguire and Casemiro were substituted at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Luton&#8217;s determined efforts in the second half, the visitors generated better chances, with Kaminski denying Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes, Rashford, and a potential Hojlund hat-trick.<\/p>\n<p>The win narrows the gap for United to just five points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa, keeping their hopes alive for a coveted top-four finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rasmus Hojlund extended his remarkable goal-scoring streak to six consecutive Premier League games as Manchester United overcame a spirited Luton Town performance at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":478542,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[20865,16789,17317],"news_category":[136,14235],"gn_keywords":[20867,17559,17886],"acf":{"announce":"Hojlund double sends the Red Devils five points away from fourth-placed Aston Villa","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":478543,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478541\/revisions\/478543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478541"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=478541"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=478541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}