Henrikh Mkhitaryan announced his return from injury with a stunning goal against Sunderland.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan limped off during Manchester United’s home game against Tottenham after finding the back of the net, and he missed the following two matches for the Red Devils. After just hitting form, it was a huge blow for the Armenian and many expected him to have a hard time on his return to full fitness.
However, to the contrary, Mkhitaryan looked flawless in his first game after a short spell on the sidelines. He came off the bench against Sunderland and gave the United attack flair and guile that saw them win 3-1.
His best moment came in the 86th minute when he found himself on the receiving end of a Zlatan Ibrahimovic cross. Mkhitaryan, as calm as ever, used the back of his heel to score an stupendous scorpion-kick goal to triple his side’s advantage.
He was lauded by the Old Trafford faithful on social media:
This angle of the Mkhitaryan goal will make you truly appreciate how brilliant it was (via @NBCSportsSoccer) pic.twitter.com/e5wYxBVaPf
— Cristian Nyari (@Cnyari) December 26, 2016
Every Manchester United fan watching Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s finish like… pic.twitter.com/jn3ShUZdLu
— Devils of United (@DevilsOfUnited) December 26, 2016
Offside should be nullified with scorpion kicks anyway… #Mkhitaryan
— Chris Dixon (@chrismd10) December 26, 2016
They said Zlatan wouldn’t make it in the Premier League, Oh they also said the same about Henrikh Mkhitaryan. #mufc
— Manć (@MUFCWRITER) December 26, 2016
Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s last 3 shots on target for Man Utd:
⚽ vs. Tottenham
⚽ vs. Zorya Luhansk
⚽ vs. SunderlandClinical finisher. pic.twitter.com/2BVgjlWis1
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) December 26, 2016
Fans were undoubtedly taken aback by the quality and precision of Mkhitaryan’s goals and made sure everyone knew about it.
After seeing Mkhitaryan’s goal… pic.twitter.com/I6USGRqsZD
— TheSPORTbible (@TSBible) December 26, 2016
2017 will be the Year of Henrikh Mkhitaryan
— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) December 26, 2016
Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s goal is just fantastic, Ibra’s assist, Ibra’s style goal #mkhitaryan #manunited #munsun #zlatan
— Rob Nagdalyan (@robnagdalyan) December 26, 2016
Watching Mkhitaryan’s goal like.. pic.twitter.com/lJxMkEtpCW
— RedDevilsDaily (@RedDevilsDaily) December 26, 2016
#ThatMomentWhen you see Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s outrageous backheel volley for Manchester United ? pic.twitter.com/TUURpiOwMG
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) December 26, 2016
No joke, that finish from Mkhitaryan is a joke. Genuine FIFA goal ?
— Copa90 (@Copa90) December 26, 2016
You may enjoy Mkhitaryan’s goal if you watch @BBCMOTD tonight. It’s so good they let him off being slightly offside.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) December 26, 2016
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has just scored a scorpion kick!! #mufc pic.twitter.com/Mnn5IX00qN
— Aidan Walsh (@AidanMUFC_) December 26, 2016
You may enjoy Mkhitaryan’s goal if you watch @BBCMOTD tonight. It’s so good they let him off being slightly offside.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) December 26, 2016
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has just scored a scorpion kick!! #mufcpic.twitter.com/Mnn5IX00qN
— Aidan Walsh (@AidanMUFC_) December 26, 2016
While the Armenian was a shade offside, the Twitterati couldn’t care less purely due to the quality of the finish.
If ever there was time for a linesman to mistakenly keep his flag his down it was for that Mkhitaryan finish. Genuinely incredible. #MUNSUN
— Duncan Castles (@DuncanCastles) December 26, 2016
That goal from Mkhitaryan is absolutely stupendous. Only a small minority can actually pull that off. What a player he really is.
— Liam Canning (@LiamPaulCanning) December 26, 2016
MKHITARYAN OH MY WORD. Offside or not, class finish!!! #MUFC
— All For United (@allforunited) December 26, 2016
Scorpion kick by Mkhitaryan…. WHAT THE HELL
— Matt Craig (@MattHDGamer) December 26, 2016
Jesus Christ almighty, what a goal by Mkhitaryan.
— Jonas Giæver (@CheGiaevara) December 26, 2016
If you didn’t have plans to watch Match of the Day tonight, you should, just to watch Mkhitaryan’s goal.
— Rob Dawson (@RobDawsonMEN) December 26, 2016
Henrikh Mkhitaryan is a special player. Can easily waltz through defences but also has the killer final ball to carve them open.
— Liam Canning (@LiamPaulCanning) December 26, 2016
