Nigerian ex-international Manchester United January signing Odion Ighalo proved his worth yet again in the FA Cup as he banged in a brace for his side. The January signing which was a shocker to everyone except the coach has shown he is still capable of taking his dream team to greater heights. So far Odion Ighalo has scored three goals in his last five matches for the United side.
Former Manchester United player Wayne Rooney had his name chanted all through the game until the first goal came from United left-back Luke Shaw. Luke Shaw had the first goal in the 31st minute of the game to put the visitors in front. Nigerian Odion Ighalo doubled the lead in the 41 minute of the game as they matched to the half time break with two goals leag.
Wayne Rooney received thousands of praises from the United fans as they chanted songs in his name, he had a couple of chances with two of his free kicks almost meeting the target. Rooney scored 253 goals for Manchester United before leaving in 2017 and he is yet to score against them throughout his career.
Odion Ighalo found the net again in the 70th minute of the game to complete his brace for the team. Ighalo who was signed to fill in the space of injured Marcus Rashford is really doing well to making chance given to him count.
After the game he was asked how he feels about scoring he said: “as long as my team-mates believe in me, the boss believes in me and the fans believe in me, I just have to keep going.” “I don’t care what anyone says. We want to keep the momentum going and make sure we do great this season.” He added.
Manchester United has been unbeaten since the arrival of Bruno Fernandez and Odion Ighalo. Yesterday’s game makes it nine games without a loss, they have so far won all seven and drew two out of the nine games played. Manchester United have won the FA Cup 12 times just one behind Arsenal’s record haul.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Odion Ighalo and Wayne Rooney
Manchester United boss was asked about the former United player and what he thinks about him he said: “everyone loves Wayne. All the supporters at Manchester United appreciate what he did.””He played well. He shows class and sometimes he has too much time on the ball for my liking.”
And talking about Ighalo he said: “when you get strikers and you want them to be happy and confident.” “Ighalo has come in here and of course we still have a few injuries and it is great for us to have Odion to call upon. He is a different striker for us and scores some good goals, there are not many who could dig that one out for his first.” “He has done really well so let’s see how we are on Sunday morning,” Solskjaer added.
Manchester United will now meet Norwich which beat Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-finals while Leicester City face Chelsea. Manchester City will be playing Newcastle United and then Arsenal battle Sheffield United again.
