ALEJANDRO GARNACHO made an incredible nod to his hero Cristiano Ronaldo during yesterday’s match with Arsenal.
The Manchester United starlet came on as an 84th minute substitute at the Emirates.
Garnacho, 19, only briefly overlapped with his idol Ronaldo in United’s first team.
But he has continued to idolise the 38-year-old since his departure for Saudi Arabia.
During yesterday’s match, Garnacho wore a pair of red Nike boots made famous by Ronaldo.
The Portuguese superstar wore the same boots during Man United’s Champions League demolition of Arsenal in 2009.
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Sir Alex Ferguson’s side had gone into the semi-final second leg clash in North London leading 1-0 from the first match at Old Trafford.
Ronaldo then inspired an incredible three-goal blitz at the Emirates, setting up Park Ji-sung for his side’s first before whacking home a free-kick from miles out for their second.
He then finished off an amazing counter-attack also involving Wayne Rooney and Park for United’s third.
Garnacho thought he had done his hero proud on 88 minutes yesterday, when he appeared to have swept the Red Devils into the lead yesterday.
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But his effort was brutally disallowed for a narrow offside, before two late Arsenal goals saw the Gunners win 3-1.
After the match, Ian Wright called for Garnacho to start over Antony for Erik ten Hag’s side.
He said on Premier League Productions: “I think Garnacho is a positive.
“I think they’ve got to find some way of getting a midfielder in their team who can get on the ball, control it and then use the pace of Rashford and use the pace of Garnacho.
“Because they’re playing on the counter-attack. I’m listening to Bruno Fernandes saying he was happy with the way it went, he thought they played well and dug in.
“Man United have got the kind of players [to attack more].
“We saw it with Garnacho, who I cannot believe does not start in front of someone like Antony.
“He [Garnacho] can come on in that game and, even if you’re playing in that style of football, he’s surely going to be better than what Antony is giving you at this particularly moment.
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“We saw it in that little cameo there what he did.
“For me, Man United are only missing a person to get the ball in midfield and control it and pass it so they can build up their movement off the ball.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
