Mason Greenwood trending above General Election as Man Utd rave about two-goal starlet
MANCHESTER UNITED fans were raving so much about starlet Mason Greenwood, he was trending online above the General Election.
On the night the nation’s leader would be decided, United forward Greenwood was not conservative with his striking.
The 18-year-old scored twice as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men thrashed Dutch outfit AZ Alkmaar 4-0.
United Laboured to 0-0 at half time but it was a different Tory after the break thanks to Greenwood.
After Ashley Young opened the scoring on 53 minutes the teen star struck twice in quick succession to put the game to bed.
But Greenwood was not done there as he raced into the box just after the hour mark to win a penalty that Juan Mata would go on to convert.
United fans were so impressed with the striker’s performance he was trending on Twitter above the General Election that was fought out between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn.
Greenwood is now United’s second top goalscorer on six, with Marcus Rashford ahead netting 13 times.
But he piped his team-mate to become the club’s youngest player to score two goals in a European game.
Greenwood, aged 18 years and 72 days surpassed Rashford, who held the record at 18 years and 117 days.
United sit fifth in the Premier League four points behind Chelsea.
And ex-Old Trafford midfielder Owen Hargreaves reckons winning the Europa League is their best chance of qualifying for Europe’s elite next season.
He said: “You think for Arsenal and Manchester United they are not going to finish in the top four so they have to find a way to win this competition.
“For Arsenal, this competition is huge.”
“So I think for Arsenal and Manchester United, wining the Europa League definitely isn't as easy as it looks in the group stages.”