Manchester United ace Mkhitaryan scored the goal of the month – despite being offside – with an incredible scorpion strike against Sunderland in December.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s remarkable scorpion kick for Manchester United against Sunderland has unsurprisingly taken a landslide victory in the latest Goal of the Month poll.
Former midfielder of Manchester United Rio Ferdinand has commented on the football players of the team, including Armenia’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Jose Mourinho called the goal “phenomenal” and Mkhitaryan freely admits it was the greatest of his career to date.
The United boss wants Martial to follow the lead of Mkhitaryan, who struggled to get game time early in the season. “Every player is different. I had this season a situation that was more difficult than Anthony – Mkhitaryan,” Mourinho told SFR Sport.
Hosting “Sunderland” in the 18th round of the Premier League, “Manchester United” won 3-1. Mkhitaryan, who was entered the stadium at the end of the match, scored the third goal.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan, captain of Armenia’s national football team and midfielder of Manchester United has been named best footballer of the year for the 6th consecutive time and a total of 7 times in his career.
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian once again played a draw at the London Chess Classic. The 5th round game against Anish Giri ended in a draw at the 20th move.
Apart from his native tongue of Armenian, as well as the English he learned when taking his first steps in the professional game, Mkhi can speak French having lived there as a boy and idolised Zinedine Zidane before returning to Armenia aged seven.
Picking the ball up around 40 yards from goal, the Armenian international ignored the available pass to Wayne Rooney and instead burst into the penalty box with a cheeky nutmeg past the onrushing defender.
