Summary: Wolves - Manchester United 4:3/Sport1
For moments this season, Manchester United fans can cheer for their team.
The club decorated in the history of the Premier League has not been in the top for a long time, and with an early elimination from the Champions League and a tough fight for a place in Europe next season, the audience of the Red Devils does not have many reasons to be happy, but yesterday (Thursday) they found some in the crazy 3:4 victory over Wolves from a winning goal of young Kobi Maino deep in extra time (90+7).
After scoring his first senior goal in the FA Cup victory over Newport, the 18-year-old midfielder produced an outstanding move in stoppage time to curl a shot into the far corner of Zoe Se to give Manchester United three crucial points after two games without a win. Triumph.
They scored again, this time they won.
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At the end, the young Englishman said: "It's a dream come true. I still think I'm dreaming to be true. Playing in the Premier League for my childhood club is an amazing feeling."
Maino joined a distinguished list of 4 players who scored a winning goal in the 90th minute in the Premier League aged 18 and under.
The Englishman joined Rashford, Alejandro Granacho and Federico Macada who all did so in the Red Devils uniform.
Bruno Fernandes, the captain of the Red Devils, praised the rising star: "He is our future. This is an important victory that belongs to the players here and the fans who accompanied us. Marcus Rashford? He scored and it is significant. We all have a point to prove here and he did it in a big way."
Rasmus Hoylund, who scored a third game in a row, also admitted: "Everyone talked about him from the moment he joined, said he was a great talent of his generation. He is something amazing, only 18 years old. I thought I was young."
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20 - Rasmus Højlund has now both scored and assisted in each of his last two Premier League appearances - at the age of 20 years and 362 days, he is the youngest Manchester United player to achieve this, with Cristiano Ronaldo the previous youngest, aged 21 in 2007. Impressive.
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United still has room to improve defensively, with Pedro Neto scoring in added time (90+5) the tie that almost divided the points before the Mayno goal, but the Red Devils became the second team to score over 50 goals this season in all competitions after Sheffield United, who have already scored 59 this season .
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