Manchester United’s £72m striker Rasmus Hojlund will be looking to down his baby twin broertjies in Tuesday night’s must-win 9pm Champions League campaign against Copenhagen.
Bottom of Group A after losing their two opening games, the Dane is preparing to face his boyhood club and 18-year brothers, midfielder Oscar and striker Emil.
While Oscar is a first-team regular, Emil may have to wait his turn to emulate his boeta’s three Champions League strikes this season.
🗓️ We return to Old Trafford on Tuesday.#MUFC || #UCL
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 23, 2023
And Rasmus is ready to bring the pain for his siblings, telling Danish outlet Bold recently: “I’m really looking forward to meeting each other in the Champions League.
“It’s not many times you get to meet your brothers in your career!
“I called my brothers after the draw. Our parents were a bit divided because they don't quite know who to stick with.
“But my brothers and I were like, ‘Come on!’ We are competitive people. That’s why we are where we are today.”
Meanwhile in Group B, Arsenal are looking to bounce back from a shock 2-1 defeat to Lens, which sees them in second trailing the French side three points to four ahead of Tuesday night’s Group B trip to third-place Sevilla, on two points.
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— Arsenal (@Arsenal) October 23, 2023
And Leandro Trossard wants to see his side kick on from their come-from-behind 2-2 Prem draw at Chelsea at the weekend.
After scoring a late equaliser off the bench, the Belgian says of another test on the road: “It is a tough place to go… so I think we just need to make sure we are at it from the first minute.
“That is how we will do it for Sevilla and make sure we are ready for that.”
Tuesday night’s Champions League fixtures
Galatasaray v Bayern Munich, Inter v RB Salzburg (both 6.45pm), Man United v Copenhagen, Sevilla v Arsenal, Benfica v Real Sociedad, Union Berlin v Napoli, Sporting Braga v Real Madrid, Lens v PSV Eindhoven (all 9pm).
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