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Former Manchester United attacker Mason Greenwood reached a private milestone with a aim for Olympique de Marseille on the weekend.
The English striker moved from Previous Trafford in the summertime after a mortgage spell at Getafe the season earlier than.
The choice to signal Greenwood was met with resistance in some quarters within the French metropolis however the switch seems to have been a complete success.
Marseille sit second within the Ligue 1 desk and Greenwood has been electrical this season.
The Daily Mail report that “Mason Greenwood’s aim in Marseille’s 2-0 win over St Etienne helped his aspect safe all three factors to maintain the strain on Paris Saint-Germain, but in addition noticed the ahead match a private milestone within the course of.”
Within the sixty fourth minute of play, the Englishman missed a penalty however cooly knocked within the rebound to seize his tenth aim of the season.
“It marked the primary time he had scored as many in a single league marketing campaign since he struck 10 in 31 video games again in 2019-20 for Man United.”
“He’s the primary participant since Sonny Anderson to attain his first 10 objectives in French league soccer in solely 14 video games, the previous Brazilian worldwide doing so in 1994.”
The strike additionally means he’s the second prime aim scorer within the league, one behind PSG’s Bradley Barcola.
Greenwood now has 10 goals and 2 assists and appears nicely on track to attain greater than the 17 he managed within the 2019-20 season in all competitions.
With Jadon Sancho additionally at the moment shining at Chelsea, Greenwood’s type actually calls into query United’s personal switch coverage.
None of United’s attackers have been significantly free flowing this season and the success of a younger academy prospect away from Previous Trafford will do little to extend the temper round Previous Trafford for the time being, though the circumstances arguably gave United little alternative.
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