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Manchester United will be under great pressure to reach the quarterfinals of the Europa League when they meet the true society this week, admits Christian Eriksen.
The two teams are level in 1-1 from the first leg in Spain before Thursday return in Old Trafford.
With United languishing in the 14th position in the Premier League, beating society would keep his final hope of a trophy this season and the reward of a place in the Champions League.
Eriksen admits that the pressure will be on the side of Ruben Amorim with so much at stake.
“It's massive,” said Denmark midfielder. 'We know the pressure, we know the situation in which we are in the League.
'To enter Europe next season, we have to win many games in the League or go through the Europa League, so we know there is a lot of pressure on that game. But it also comes with being in this club. You play for trophies, so we have to play well to pass.
Christian Eriksen has admitted that Manchester United is under huge pressure on the Europa League
The Red Devils will face the true society in the second leg of 16, after their 1-1 draw on Sunday against Arsenal
Hojlund has now spent almost 21 hours without a goal, since the last time he found the background of the network in mid -December against Viktoria Plzen
'It is where we belong, but we also do not belong in the lower half of the Premier League, so it is a bit intermediate.
'We try to do our best to get up (the league), we are not in a position where we want to be. I could save a little with the Champions League and the feeling of Europe, but in terms of the Premier League we still need to get many points to upload.
'We are in United, so we have to be higher. But in the end, the ball is still shooting in the field, so we have to focus on football and look at the table when we hope that at the end of the season we will end up higher and forget this. But at this moment we have to fight for it.
It is likely that Rasmus Hojlund returns by the second leg after being rested on the bank for much of the 1-1 draw on Sunday with the arsenal in Old Trafford.
Hojlund has now spent almost 21 hours without a goal, but Eriksen believes it is only a matter of time before his Danish partner arrives well.
“It's not him, there are many players in the countryside, including me, who should score more goals,” he added.
'But he is a striker, lives for the goals and tries to score goals. It is in these situations, now it is about obtaining the belief to write down. But he is a working guy who does everything possible and wants the best for the team. At some point he will click and go in the other way.