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Manchester United's disappointing marketing campaign has supplied way more lows than highs as we enter the enterprise section of the season.
Regardless of fluctuating kind and outcomes, the rise of younger midfielder Kobi Manu has been a significant success story of what has been an up-and-down season to date.
The 18-year-old has largely excelled since breaking into the primary workforce halfway by way of the marketing campaign, scoring his first Premier League purpose for the membership earlier this month.
Manu's superb first league strike in stoppage time of the gorgeous win in opposition to Wolverhampton Wanderers has been nominated for the Premier League Aim of the Month award for February.
pure expertise💫
This unimaginable injury-time winner from Kobe is prepared for it @Premier League Aim of the Month Award👏#MUFC , #PL
– Manchester United (@ManUtd) 29 February 2024
After conceding a heartbreaking injury-time equalizer from Pedro Neto, United seemed set to lose an important two factors within the race for the highest 4.
However as the sport reached its closing seconds, Manu had different concepts.
Choosing up the ball 30 yards from the Wolves purpose, it seemed like the house facet had been in no instant hazard.
Nonetheless, the academy graduate headed previous Joao Gomes earlier than nutmegging Max Kilmann and discovering himself falling on the sting of the Wolves field.
Given the circumstances, many gamers might have completed the match rapidly which was make-or-break for United that night time.
Not Manu, who coolly struck the ball with curl and accuracy into the far nook of Jose Sa's purpose, earlier than celebrating in entrance of the touring followers he had simply despatched into raptures.
The purpose was the crowning second of a stellar efficiency from the midfielder, who’s now a key element of Eric ten Hag's engine room.
Though the supervisor will look to handle Manu's minutes, the younger man's expertise and aptitude is plain with teammate Casemiro tipping the teen to grow to be “among the best midfielders within the historical past of the Premier League”.
Menu's Strike is one among eight Strikes nominated for the award, the total checklist of which is as follows:
Kobi Manu (Wolves 3-4 Man Utd)
Richarlison (2nd purpose) (Everton 2-2 Spurs)
Joao Pedro (Brighton 4-1 Crystal Palace)
Declan Rice (West Ham 0-6 Arsenal)
Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace 1-3 Chelsea)
Darwin Nunez (Brentford 1-4 Liverpool)
Jordan Ayew (Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace)
Emerson Palmieri (West Ham 4-2 Brentford)
Eric ten Hag hopes Manu can proceed his kind and play a key position in United's robust finish to a season that has been disappointing to say the least.