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Erik ten Hag hailed the development of Rasmus Hojlund, labelling his star striker a ‘fighter’ after his two goals at Luton.

Hojlund started the season without a league goal for the first four-and-a-half months but continued his purple patch in front of goal at Kenilworth Road with his first here after 37 seconds followed up with a chested effort after seven minutes.

The Dane has been a revelation since Boxing Day, when he scored his first Premier League goal for United. No player has scored more times in the league since that point than Hojlund.

Hojlund’s opener set a record, making him the youngest player in Premier League history to score in six consecutive games, breaking Joe Willock’s record with Hojlund managing it aged 21 years and 14 days.

Ten Hag is thrilled that things have finally clicked given Hojlund went months without finding the net in the league.

‘When he started he didn’t have so much luck… the disallowed goal against Brighton as one,’ Ten Hag added.

‘Those kinds of moments are very important when you come to a new league, especially as a striker, to build some confidence.

‘We see he is a fighter and he has great ability in front of the goal.

‘There are many areas he can improve but his scoring ability is clear.’

‘We are very happy with our recruitment and [in Hojlund] we recruited the right character,’ Ten Hag said.

‘Of course he can perform under stress when things go against him. He has the abilities to have a strong character, be resilient, be determined and score goals and that’s what we saw when we scouted him.

Rasmus Hojlund has become the second-youngest player in Premier League history to score in five consecutive games.

The 21-year-old put Manchester United 1-0 up in their 2-1 victory over Aston Villa on Sunday, continuing an impressive run of goalscoring form which actually began when the Red Devils beat Villa 3-2 at Old Trafford on Boxing Day.

Hojlund scored United’s winner that day and, after missing the next game against Nottingham Forest due to illness, he also found the back of the net in the draw against Tottenham and the wins over Wolves and West Ham.

And his goal against Villa means Nicolas Anelka is the only player to have scored five consecutive Premier League goals while younger. Anelka was just 19 when he completed the feat for Arsenal back in November 1998.