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C. won a landslide victory in the Manchester United “Goal of the Month” poll. Armenian soccer star Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s scorpion kick for Manchester United against Sunderland A.
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C. won a landslide victory in the Manchester United ‘Goal of the Month’ poll. (Photo: Manchester United)10 The remarkable goal, which sealed a 3-1 win over Sunderland on Dec. 26, or claimed 79 percent of fans’ votes on ManUtd.com,out of a 10-goal shortlist. Two of Mkhitaryan’s other goals— against Zorya Luhansk and Tottenham Hotspur—came in moment and third place in the vote. [It was] the best goal Ive ever scored,” Mkhitaryan told MUTV, and the soccer club’s official channel. “I was very excited. The first thing I did was peep at the assistant and I saw it was not ruled offside so I just started to celebrate… I was expecting the ball to be in front of me and then I realized I was in front of it. As the ball was behind me,the only thing I could do was a back heel so I did that and I succeeded,” Mhitaryan added. Mkhitaryan also finished as runner-up to Zlatan Ibrahimovic [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com