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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 an awfully 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, shortly 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 creating 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 among them, however he was confronted with an unimaginable process 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 exterior the field snuck beneath goalkeeper Kaspar Schmeichel, who can be dissatisfied.
Schmeichel was in any other case spectacular, and had Kaspar Dolberg been sharper earlier than the break issues may have seemed quite a bit completely different.
A beautiful ball excessive from Eriksen (recorded as a key cross by sofascore) set Dolberg free, however he was impressively denied by Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya.
Within the earlier levels Eriksen thrived as he was deployed additional ahead than his normal position 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 score 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.
In the end his efforts have been in useless, however Denmark did effectively to keep away from a drubbing and stay second in League A Group 4.
All stats courtesy of sofascore.
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