Whisper it, but Henrikh Mkhitaryan is finally starting to prove why Manchester United spent £30m to bring him to the Premier League this summer.
The Armenian joined for big money from Borussia Dortmund, but then did his best invisible man impression for the best part of four months as Jose Mourinho mysteriously refused to play him.
But in the last few weeks he's started nudging his way into the side and away at Ukrainian side Zorya in the Europa League he finally opened United goalscoring account with this great effort:
https://twitter.com/AllUnitedGoals/status/806939676280057856
And the United fans were loving it:
https://twitter.com/Farman_Bond007/status/806940975000154112
https://twitter.com/GOATIAL/status/806940954544345092
https://twitter.com/Football2017lad/status/806938519562309637
https://twitter.com/Nabil_Ahhmed/status/806940845672960000
https://twitter.com/registability/status/806938438540914688
https://twitter.com/ForzaMundial/status/806943490781261824
https://twitter.com/AdamGray1250/status/806939193985433604
https://twitter.com/armaan_4/status/806938522707959810
'Adrian' might be getting a little carried away though:
https://twitter.com/regobass/status/806940915457724416
Mind you, up until that point the game was hardly a classic...
https://twitter.com/FootyHumour/status/806939441189318657
Helped by his goal and Moussa Sow's overhead strike for Fenerbahce agains Feyenoord in the other Group A tie, Manchester United look to be going safely through to the next round.
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