Anthony Martial – A Girl in Red

The visitors stunned United when Junior Stanislas nutmegged Harry Maguire and scored a humiliating goal at 19 minutes.

The equalizer came when Greenwood scored a stunner and it was a relief for the Red Devils as they led by 2 goals during half time with goals coming from Rashford and Martial.

The second half was more challenging as Howe’s men scored to cut the lead to a single goal after a really silly decision by Bailly to stick his arm out after an overhit back pass by Matic

Bournemouth thought they levelled the game score when they scored from a counter-attack only for the offside flag to be raised

Ole’s men drove away all the hopes the visitors had after Greenwood produced his second stunner and Bruno Fernandez finished off with a power-packed free-kick making it 5 goals to 2.

Champions League Qualification is now looking likely since Leicester and Chelsea are inconsistent.

I don’t remember the last time I had my eyes glued to the screen till the last second. I was greedy for another goal but 5 goals are something.

Really happy for our boy Greenwood, 15 goals at the age of 18 is amazing.
I hope this gives a boost to his confidence and he continues this form next season.

Match Facts:

Mason Greenwood is the first teenager to score 15 goals in a single season for Man Utd since Wayne Rooney who has scored 17.

Rashford, Martial and Greenwood have more goals this season than Salah, Mane and Firmino.

Anthony Martial is only the second player ever to score a Premier League goal in every month of the calendar year.

Two players (Rashford and Martial) score 20 goals in a season for first time since 2011.

Manchester United have not scored 5+ goals in a Premier League game since Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure. Their closest rivals have done it 57 times between them since then.

Martial scored the third goal of the game.

Next up
United will play Aston Villa on 10th July, 12:45 AM IST.

The hat-trick drought is finally lifted by Anthony Martial, who became the first player to score three goals in 7 years. The last player to do so was Robin Van Persie in 2013 against Aston Villa.

United hosted Sheffield United at Old Trafford with the aim of stealing all three points and they did just that. Which mean the Reds continue their unbeaten run (13 games) in all competitions.

Manchester United move closer to top 4 who are just 2 points away from Chelsea who plays Man City in their next fixture.

Martial’s firsts: Anthony Martial has scored his first hat-trick and scored in three successive PL home games for the first time in his United career.

After Sheffield United’s loss yesterday they are three consecutive games without a win since the PL resumed and sitting on the 8th position on the Premier League table.
Over a week ago Sheffield was two points behind United with a game in hand.

With Martial’s three wonderful goals he has equaled the the number of goals (19) scored by his fellow team mate Marcus Rashford in all competitions.
Who do you think will be the top scorer in 2019-2020 season?

Another amazing stat: Rashford, Martial and Greenwood have now scored 50 goals between them this season.
Source: Manchester United.

With Pogba back United are much stronger and looking confident.

Anthony, well done. Your first hat-trick for United, how did it feel?
“I feel very good. It’s my first hat-trick in my career, so I hope I will score more. I’m happy because the team played very good today so I think it’s good.”

Was your favourite goal the hat-trick one? It was a great build-up.
“The last one, I think the last one. It was a very good goal. The first two were two good goals, like a real number nine and I know the manager is happy for these to go in. He was happy.”

You’ve got 19 goals, Marcus has got 19 goals – is there a little competition to see who gets to 20 first?
“He gave me one or two assists today, so the most important [thing] is to win. I tried to give him a chance to score – no competition, we just want to win.”

Obviously, you’d love to score a hat-trick in front of 75,000 people screaming your name.

“It was really nice. The fans were happy… no, it was a little bit strange! I know they will be happy for me and it’s good to play like this.”
Anthony Martial

Robin Van Persie tweeted after the game.

wtch full match highlights and Martial’s first hat-trick.

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