Manchester United's Alejandro Garnacho secured a sensational 93rd-minute victory against Fulham, imitating Lionel Messi's classic goal celebration.
Erik ten Hag introduced Garnacho after Dan James had cancelled out Christian Eriksen's opening in the initial half.
And the 18-year-old wonder produced, scored a sensational goal deep into injury time.
Eriksen drilled an enticing ball into the route of the Argentine talent, and exchanged some few passes with him.
The teenager ran onto the ball and pushed it beyond Bernd Leno at the death to grab all 3 league points.
ALEJANDRO GARNACHO!! ⚡💥
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Erik Ten Hag watched on in joy, unable to conceal his excitement on the sidelines.
Garnacho raised up his shirt in front of the travelling Manchester United fans at Craven Cottage amid his celebration, emulating Messi's effort against Real Madrid.
Fans online praised Garnacho's goal over Fulham and feel he has the beginnings of a superstar.
[Alejandro Garnacho is Manchester Utd's next legend,] one Twitter user said.
[This youngster is something else,] said another.
[He will become one of the finest players in the world in three years, save my word,] a 3rd boldly predicted.
Following the 2-1 success, Bruno Fernandes showered praise on Garnacho.
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He [Garnacho] has a lot of potential, and his work efficiency with the ability is huge," he said to Sky Sports. This isn't the first time he has done a major difference for us. We are overjoyed for him and believe he can provide us with goals, assists, and exhibit the love of football.
I believe everyone is seeing indications that [Garnacho] has the potential to go all the way. Not in terms of his assists and goals but rather due to approach he enters the game. No one like sitting on the bench, so his attitude when he gets off is admirable.
Garnacho is Manchester United's latest superstar.
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