Rasmus Højlund continued his rich vein of goalscoring from away from Manchester United on Wednesday evening as the Napoli loanee scored twice in the Champions League.
The 22-year-old took his tally to four goals for club and country this season with his brace in Napoli’s 2–1 victory over Sporting CP, continuing his impressive start to life upon his return to Italy.
It was only Højlund’s eighth appearance in the competition proper, with six of his previous outings coming during Man Utd’s disastrous group stage campaign in 2023–24. Despite the struggles of the Red Devils that season, the Denmark international still scored five times.
However, Højlund only ever scored in Champions League defeats for Man Utd. He scored in the club’s 4–3 defeat to Bayern Munich and also netted braces in a 3–2 loss to Galatasaray and 4–3 humiliation at Copenhagen.






