Anthony Martial made quite the impact on his first appearance for Manchester United.
Whether he goes on to be the next Thierry Henry or the next Federico Macheda few supporters will ever forget the quite spectacular goal he scored to open his United account against great rivals Liverpool.
Picking up the ball on the left flank he drove inside on his right foot, powering past Martin Skrtel before calmly slotting the ball past Simon Mignolet.
With United on the back-foot, after an equally impressive Christian Benteke bicycle kick had cut the host’s lead to 2-1, the goal was vital in securing United a 3-1 win that took them up to second in the league behind their local rivals.
And after the endless debate over whether Martial represented value for money it was great to be able to simply enjoy a quite stunning goal.
Unfortunately Twitter then went overboard.
Goal against Liverpool on debut. That's how you introduce yourself. Martial is a red!!
— Azeem Mir (@AzeemZMir) September 12, 2015
Best £36 million I ever spent... #Martial http://pic.twitter.com/OybQOdd8ye
— BreatheSport (@BreatheSport) September 12, 2015
Silenced the critics within his first 20 minutes – Anthony Martial. http://pic.twitter.com/tLTdOwih2g
— Liam (@OffsideLiam) September 12, 2015
Dem Henry kinda finishes there yh... Man like Martial! #MUFC
— Tinchy Stryder (@TinchyStryder) September 12, 2015
@CollinceBey Martial is gonna be great...trust me on that...
— TheUndertaker (@ooginga56) September 12, 2015
Martial was 1 million more than Andy Carroll and has already done more in 10 mins!!
— Nathan Gander (@MUFCNathan) September 12, 2015
Anthony Martial's game by numbers: 100% take-ons 86% pass accuracy 1 shot 1 goal Stunning debut. http://pic.twitter.com/TjQWgOSWX6
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) September 12, 2015
Although thankfully the folks at Sporting Intelligence put that goal into perspective.
Brilliant though £32.2m Benteke's goal was, Martial's for 3-1 shows the importance of having an €80m teenager on the bench.
— sportingintelligence (@sportingintel) September 12, 2015
Who knows, maybe Diarmuid Gillingham's joke will turn out to be prophetic?
Will this be the moment that changes English football forever? A star is born. I give you Anthony Martial http://pic.twitter.com/RoNkOwBKWj
— Diarmuid Gillingham (@Diarmuid_mufc) September 12, 2015
Martial won’t have to wait long to build on his bright start as United head to Eindhoven to take on PSV on Tuesday.
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'That's how you introduce yourself': Social media reacts to Anthony Martial's first Manchester United goalPublishedImageMedium widthSaturday, September 12, 2015 - 19:51Game changer: Martial secures the three points for MartialOnSource: http://ift.tt/1NpnGqx
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