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| Anthony Martial salutes the Old Trafford faithful following his 86th minute strike, which capped off an exhilarating |
It was a
cathartic roar that enveloped hope for the future. When Anthony Martial
set off on his run, played in by Ashley Young, he had the coltish gait
of a teenager.
He
bamboozled Martin Skrtel with his footwork and simply shrugged off the
challenge of Nathaniel Clyne. Youthful exuberance it seemed; the finish
still had to be executed.
Yet
he looked up coolly and simply drove the ball past Simon Mignolet. If
you have a £58million price tag hanging over you, this is the way to
announce yourself at a new club. Twenty one minutes into his debut, with
86 minutes on the clock and Liverpool threatening an unlikely point,
the world’s most expensive teenager arrived in the Premier League.
The 19-year-old bamboozled Martin Skrtel with his footwork and simply shrugged off the challenge of Nathaniel Clyne before firing home
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| With Skrtel and Clyne left reeling in the Liverpool box, Martial coolly slotted past a despairing Simon Mignolet to make it 3-1 |
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