How Henrikh Mkhitaryan can make United history tomorrow.
- Red Devils Advocate
- May 3, 2017
- 1 min read
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has the chance to write his name in the United history books when we play Celta Vigo in Spain tomorrow.
He has already become the first player to score in four successive European games his goals coming against Zorya Luhansk, Saint-Etienne, Rostov and Anderlecht.
He can further stress his mark when we face Celta on Thursday. Should he score in Spain, he'll become the only United player to have scored in 5 different European away games within a single season.
David Herd netted on four trips during United's 1964/65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup run while Dwight Yorke scored in Champions League away fixtures at Bayern Munich, Brondby, Barcelona and Juventus during the Treble season of 1998/99.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Paul Pogba will be hoping to start against Celta Vigo
Ruud van Nistelrooy matched him by scoring in a similar number of games in the Champions League in 2002/03, on visits to Bayer Leverkusen, Basel, Juventus and Real Madrid.
Cristiano Ronaldo's header in Moscow against Chelsea in the 2008 Champions League shoot-out victory over Chelsea followed earlier goals at Sporting Lisbon, Dynamo Kiev and Roma.
Wayne Rooney also scored in four different European away matches in the 2010/2011 season when he scored against Rangers, Chelsea, Schalke and then Barcelona in the Wembley final which we lost.
So United history is there for the taking by Mkhitaryan and if goes on to score his 5th consecutive away goal, he'll have some pretty good company in the history books.
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