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title: "Manchester United: Red Devils fans gush over Odion Ighalo’s Europa League performance"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-red-devils-fans-gush-over-odion-ighalos-europa-league-performance/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Thomas Ward"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2020-03-13T09:00:59Z"
modified: "2020-03-13T09:00:59Z"
---

# Manchester United: Red Devils fans gush over Odion Ighalo’s Europa League performance

**Manchester United striker [Odion Ighalo opened the scoring against LASK with a superb strike](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51844660) and naturally loads of Red Devils have been praising his sensational performance on Twitter.**

The Nigerian forward took a pass at his feet from Bruno Fernandes, switched the ball from his right foot to the left, and smashed it into the top left-hand corner of the goal.

Ighalo was substituted at 85 minutes and finished the Europa League first-leg victory with a goal, an assist, a staggering 100% pass accuracy rate, 5 successful dribble attempts and a high statistical rating of 8.5 via [SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/player/odion-ighalo/29774).

The 30-year-old has scored in every game he has started for Manchester United this season, netting 4 goals in 3 starts, including registering a brace against Derby County in the FA Cup earlier this month ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/odion-ighalo/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/62121/verein/985)).

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side cruised to a comfortable 5-0 win over the Austrian side, with additional goals from Daniel James, Juan Mata, Mason Greenwood and Andreas Pereira.

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Many supporters were seriously impressed by Ighalo’s stunning finish with several insisting the board should sign the centre-forward permanently in the summer. One supporter even dubbed him “the beast.”

Scroll through some of the best reactions we could find…

https://twitter.com/UtdAidan/status/1238185734982512640?s=20

> What A beauty Sign him permanently pls 🙏 [pic.twitter.com/yqr2TClhoB](https://t.co/yqr2TClhoB)
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> — yasminA (@yasminA46580130) [March 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/yasminA46580130/status/1238171108920229888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Sign him up. What a goal⚽️🥅 [pic.twitter.com/JfGnh3PtE3](https://t.co/JfGnh3PtE3)
>
> — Odulesi Rilwan-Bissaka 🇳🇬 (@Red\_Glareal) [March 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/Red_Glareal/status/1238170745060155392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Haven’t seen touches like that since Berbatov 😜
>
> — Damo (@DamenSanderson) [March 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/DamenSanderson/status/1238173381456953344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Real brilliance
>
> — United Opinion (@UnitedOpinion2) [March 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/UnitedOpinion2/status/1238172264308314116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> What a clinical goal, lukaku can’t score that not in his next life.. Ighalo the beast
>
> — Masanoi (@Masanoi1) [March 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/Masanoi1/status/1238174310663163911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Ighalo is a baller\
> Bruno Fernandes is a baller.[@ManUtd](https://twitter.com/ManUtd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is a great team[#MUFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MUFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Panmniekochaski Williams (@Panmniek\_chaski) [March 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/Panmniek_chaski/status/1238171109222240256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***United fans, did you pick Odion Ighalo as your Man of the Match? Leave us your thoughts in the comments section!***