Joshua Harrop is a player to keep an eye on.
The 20-year-old Manchester United prospect really shone during the reserves’ 5-1 drubbing of Salford City on Tuesday night.
Harrop came off the bench at around the 60-minute mark, but immediately made an impact on the game. The youngster opened his account with a stunning curled effort that brought the scoreline to 3-1, essentially killing the game off as a contest.
However, he wasn’t done yet. Harrop added his second on the 77th, scoring yet another sensational golazo that turned a lot of heads.
He made a great run into space off the back of a United counter-attack to receive the ball on the edge of the box with just the keeper in front of him, but under pressure from a speeding defender who tried to recover after being caught out of position.
Rather than take the first-time shot, Harrop remained composed and took a touch to dupe the incoming defender who’s sliding attempted block came to nothing. With the keeper a mere inches away, Harrop swiftly hit a perfectly executed lob that went sailing over the keeper and bounced into the net.
Great finish, Josh Harrop! See all the goals from the Reserves' 5-1 win at Salford City on #MUTVHD from 18:30 BST. https://t.co/nHzSAWzNeJ
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 27, 2016
James Wilson, Tosin Kehinde and Demi Mitchell also grabbed goals during the game, but it was Harrop whose praises Red Devils fans were singing after the match.
That Josh Harrop goal vs @SalfordCityFC where he lobs the GK. Must be noted, the GK did everything right, stayed on feet, made himself big
— The Professional (@Devil_Red_1878) July 27, 2016
Josh Harrop is actually Sickk
— Dennon L-Ashcroft (@dennonlee) July 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/Ryan_2592/status/758036886686425090
Anybody go to the game tonight? Was a great game! Thought that Harrop kid played well. #MUFC
— Serge Adam 🇾🇪 (@SergeMUFC) July 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/CR689908/status/758031858357731329
Harrop is so good.
He desperately needs an injury free season.
— watch season 4 of the wire (@burnerforver) July 27, 2016
Check out all of United’s goals during the game in the video embedded below.
https://twitter.com/United_U21/status/758294868737359873
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