THAT is what Mason Greenwood is about, right there.
Right there, in the 68th-minute, when he struck the kind of goal that only the very best in the world can execute.
Mason Greenwood buried a vital goal in Manchester United’s win on SaturdayCredit: AFP
The ball was behind him when Alex Telles pinged it over from the left flank.
But out he stretched his left leg to bring it under his control, then came the turn and shot across the goalkeeper… and in.
It was wonderful, it was Greenwood, a player who will go on to prove himself one of the very best England has produced over the next decade.
Because there is magic in those boots as he proved once again in this moment.
He did not have time to think about what to do, it is pure instinct to control the ball like that and put it away in a flash.
With this goal he became the youngest Manchester United player to 20 goals since Norman Whiteside.
The one thing United have been missing this season has been that instinctive finishing.
Greenwood has struggled with a turbulent opening to the campaign.
His ejection from the England camp for breaching team and Covid orders in Iceland undoubtedly jolted a player not used to hitting the front pages as well as the back.
Solskjaer has had to talk long and hard to him about his priorities about his football.
The talent, was never going to be lost. It was more about the application.
Now you have to wonder whether it is time for Solskjaer to start giving him a decent run of his own through the middle as the sole No9.
He certainly offers more threat than Anthony Martial right now.
It was only when Martial limped off the pitch that we realised he had been on it in the first place.
Greenwood sealed a comeback win at London StadiumCredit: Guardian News & Media
The striker showed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer his ability as a No9Credit: EPA
Marcus Rashford of course has claims to that role.
He got another to put the game beyond West Ham’s reach.
There is not doubt he can play that role but he remains equally dangerous from a wide role, whereas Greenwood is the player that is really alive in the box, sniffing out those chances.
Either way, there are goals in this team.
More goals than they are actually scoring right now.
Paul Pogba proved once more that he can hit them with his long-range drive the likes of which Juventus fans got used to.
In a flash of goalscoring genius, he proved he was back.
The big hope for United is that this moment for Greenwood sets him off on a scoring run.
He needs to start against RB Leipzig in that crucial midweek Champions League encounter, there is no doubt about that.
In a flash of goalscoring genius, he proved he was back.
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