Manchester United striker Anthony Martial might have committed the handball inside his own penalty area that lead to CSKA Moscowa s goal, but the 19-year-old did make up for his mistake, and leveled the scores up, allowing his side to get a result out of a difficult game.
Martial has been mesmerising one and all since his move to the Red Devils earlier this summer, and he added another great goal to his repertoire, on a fateful Wednesday night in Moscow.
What made things even more difficult for Manchester United, was the fact that it was below freezing point, in Moscow, when the players took to the pitch. They would have been thankful though, as the forecast had said that it would be colder.
Temperature in Moscow has improved to -2 C. Not that the folks on pitch will appreciate the change. #cskavmufc
a Chrispus Mutabuuza (@mx_pus) October 21, 2015
Fans can get very critical on Twitter, wrong pronunciation by a expertsa is never properly appreciated by the Twitterati.
Since when was it acceptable to pronounce CSKA as “siska” ?? #MUFC #cskavmufc @talkSPORT
a Mark Davies (@Davies16) October 21, 2015
Manchester United Keeper David de Gea had saved the penalty after Martial handled the ball inside the box, but was unlucky, when Seydou Doumbia slotted-in the rebound, to open the score for CSKA Moscow.
Poor De Gea. CSKA 1-0 up!! #cskavmufc https://t.co/YgfTJ5iPnO
a Copa90 (@Copa90) October 21, 2015
Manchester United tried to attack the CSKA area after the goal, but they lacked pace and variation, to make any real difference. Manager Louis van Gaal came under heavy criticism for his tactics, at this point.
When you have 79% possession (?Y??) for a whole 45 minutes and still cannot win the game ?Y? Y – That is @ManUtd , #cskavmufc #CSKAMUN #MUFC
a Shanmuk (@shan9manchester) October 22, 2015
Proof tonight that LVG invented over 50’s walking football. #cskavmufc
a Mick Ferry (@MickFerry) October 21, 2015
However, Martial restored parity in the second half, and this seemed to make a lot of the Manchester United fans happy. Here are some of the best reactions to Martiala s goals.
Kudos to @AnthonyMartial for keeping his head up and coming up with a goal..not many players could have done that #cskavmufc #CSKAMUN #MUFC
a Shanmuk (@shan9manchester) October 22, 2015
Neva saw header like this in entire life..damn!..I love this boy #Martial is amazing and fantastic with epic..finish pic.twitter.com/4u2NF750V3
a kabambalegacy (@mnyongered15) October 22, 2015
If ever you needed a reason to drop Rooney you’ve just seen it. #Martial
a C.S.M (@CSM0611) October 21, 2015
We needed that Martial! as? #MUFC #cskavmufc
a Hannah East (@hannah1east) October 21, 2015
Two home game wins a must. Ten points will get us through, IMO. Need a better display on Sunday. #mufc #cskamun
a Jaap24 (@24Jaap) October 21, 2015
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