All-time Premier League top scorer Alan Shearer has defended Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund, who scored his first league goal earlier this week.
The Danish striker broke his duck in the Premier League after scoring the winning goal against Aston Villa on Boxing Day.
The 20-year-old failed to his score in his 14 league encounters, but Shearer feels there was too much pressure on the player.
"Hojlund who got his first Premier League goal, you could see the relief on his face," Shearer told The Rest Is Football podcast.
"I thought he was going to burst when he was doing his celebrations and rightly so because you can imagine the pressure, unfairly at times because we've said it, he should be in and out.
"He should be learning. He should have a rest one day and back in again.
"But because of the transfer fee and the situation at Old Trafford he has had to play more than he should have been and that's been tough on him. But the relief that he will have will be huge."
Hojlund will aim to add to his tally when the Red Devils take on Nottingham Forest in their final league game of the year.
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