Crystal Palace defender Andersen ready for Hojlund in Man Utd double-header

Crystal Palace defender Joachim Andersen is looking forward to playing against Rasmus Hojlund this week.

The London club take on Manchester United twice in the span of a week in the League Cup and Premier League.

Ahead of two games at Old Trafford, Denmark star Andersen admits playing against a close friend will be fun.

Per the Palace website, Andersen said of his international teammate: It's going to be fun to play against him!

He's a young lad with a good character, a lot of energy and really good attributes. He's quick, he's strong and he has a lot of energy. It's not easy to play against a player like him and I think his start [in England] has been really good. He scored last week so I'm really happy for him."

Andersen then added: Hopefully he'll score a lot of goals for our national team... but I think I can handle him in the games we're going to play against each other!"