Christian Eriksen’s fine form for Manchester United has continued into the international break, with the 30-year-old coming out of Denmark’s 2-0 win over France as the star of the show.
Eriksen scored a sublime strike in their narrow 2-1 defeat to Croatia last week but criticised his own performance despite nearly salvaging a draw.
He lined up against world champions France on Sunday and hardly put a foot wrong throughout, with one spectacular pass standing out among the rest.
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Eriksen’s perfectly weighted ball is perfect for the Denmark striker to run onto but he fails to convert. Nevertheless, that’s exactly the quality United signed when they brought him in on a free transfer.
A deal that was initially questioned by onlookers is now turning out to be very shrewd business.