“It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve received the best player of Armenia title. All my teammates are my friends and my competitors. I try to keep the name of Armenia high in both England and globally.”
Midfielder of the Portuguese Maritimu Gevorg Ghazaryan was the second, and Greece’s Xanthi footballer Marcos Pizelli was the third. As reported earlier, the best coach of the year award was bestowed to Shirak FC boss Vardan Bichakhchyan.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan one by one visited the children with leukemia, lymphogranulomatosis, lymphoma and other diseases, talked to them and took photos with them, and gave football balls, shirts and photos with his signature.
“We know the match isn’t gonna be easy, we are hopeful we will succeed in having positive results. It doesn’t matter where we play, the important thing is to play well. There is no sense in avoiding to play Chelsea, because in order to capture titles you have to play them all,” Mkhitaryan said.
“We know he cannot play 90 minutes,” Mourinho said. “We knew he would only play 60 minutes – it doesn’t matter [what] the result [was], we made that decision together as he is not in the best condition.”
After recovering from a hamstring injury, the 28-yearold Armenian international subsequently made history, equaling Wayne Rooney’s record of goals scored in three consecutive European games.
The English club has summed up the results of the survey. Mkhitaryan was named best for the goal scored on February 5 against the match with Leicester.
“I’ve been outside on the pitch as well and, to be honest, it is not the best,” the Dutchman said. “Maybe the quality of the game will be different, but in the end it doesn’t have to be an excuse for us. We’re here for one thing: we have to concentrate, play the game and try to win – that’s what we’re here for.”
United’s leading scorer will consequently miss the Emirates FA Cup tie at Chelsea, followed by the Premier League matches against Middlesbrough and West Brom. He is due to return in the home game with Everton on 4 April but remains eligible for the Reds’ Europa League clashes with FC Rostov.
Daily Star quoted Mourinho as saying: “Mkhitaryan wasn’t ready during the previous match against Bournemouth. I’m sure he will recover this week, and there won’t be any problems,” he said.
