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Christian Eriksen impressed within the first half of Denmark’s Nations League defeat to Spain tonight however didn’t impose himself in a very one-sided second.
Spain might have solely gained 1-0 in Murcia however largely battered the Danes, recording 25 pictures to their guests’ three and having fun with 61% of possession, as per sofascore.
After the interval Denmark didn’t handle a single shot and Eriksen, together with the remainder of their frontline, rapidly pale from view and was changed by Gustav Isaksen on 72 minutes.
Rasmus Hojlund entered the fray six minutes later however had little probability of constructing a distinction within the face of wave upon wave of Spanish aggression.
Manchester United’s quantity 9 solely had three touches of the ball and misplaced possession with one in all them, however he was confronted with an inconceivable activity and shouldn’t be judged harshly.
For all their dominance it took Spain till the 79th minute to make it depend, when Martin Zubimendi’s volley from outdoors the field snuck beneath goalkeeper Kaspar Schmeichel, who will probably be disenchanted.
Schmeichel was in any other case spectacular, and had Kaspar Dolberg been sharper earlier than the break issues may have appeared rather a lot completely different.
A stunning ball excessive from Eriksen (recorded as a key go by sofascore) set Dolberg free, however he was impressively denied by Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya.
Within the earlier phases Eriksen thrived as he was deployed additional ahead than his ordinary function with United, the place he has usually performed deeper to companion Kobbie Mainoo.
He stored issues ticking over from his right-sided place, discovering his man with 89% of his passes and pinging 5 crosses into the field.
His sofascore ranking of seven.0 was the very best of the Danish gamers, and it’s telling that the left of Spain’s defence and their left-sided midfielder Fabian Ruiz scored highest as Eriksen ruffled some feathers.
Finally his efforts had been in useless, however Denmark did properly to keep away from a drubbing and stay second in League A Group 4.
All stats courtesy of sofascore.
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