Only a miracle can help United finish in the Champions League zone this season, not to be pessimistic about their current consistency, but their fate really depends on the decline of Aston Villa and Tottenham. On the other hand, what currently impresses me about United is Hojlund, he has shown his best form of play since being brought in from Atalanta.
Miracle?
I don't think Manchester United needs a miracle because their chances of reaching the Champions League zone are quite big at the moment, Manchester has managed to record 5 matches without defeat in the last few weeks in the league and of course this shows that Manchester United is starting to return to their best performance, apart from, therefore the difference between Manchester United and the Champions League zone is only 5 points and it could be said that is a small distance if Manchester can maintain the consistency of their game.
So far we can see that Aston Villa is starting to play inconsistently and often loses points, apart from that in In the next few weeks Aston Villa will face Tottenham so it is possible that one of the two teams will lose points so that it could give Manchester the opportunity to close the gap if they win against Everton in another match.
My prediction is that Manchester United can end the season in the Champions League zone with all possibilities in end season.
Talking about Hojlund, of course I really agree with you, he is the only new Manchester United player who shines and is able to make a big contribution this season, and I think he will be even better next season as Manchester spearhead, currently he only needs mature passes from his teammates to be able to continue scoring goals and ten hag should be able to optimize other players as support for Hojlund on the front lines.