The Nigerian was at his clinical best against Derby to yet again send the microblogging site into meltdown.
Odion Ighalo delivered a superb man-of-the-match performance, scoring his first United brace, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men claimed a 3-0 win at The Pride Park on Thursday night.
The win puts United into the FA Cup quarter-finals where they will travel to East Anglia to take on Norwich City.
Luke Shaw handed the visitors the lead just past the half-hour mark before Ighalo grabbed his first of the night just before the break. The on-loan striker collected a cross, forced his way through the Derby defence and stabbed the ball home with his left foot.
His second – another fine strike – arrived midway into the second half. A flowing United move saw Ighalo release Mata down the right. The Spaniard returned the ball to Ighalo whose shot was blocked, but the ball fell back to him, and he thrashed it into the roof of the net with his left.
That makes it three goals in two starts for Ighalo as a Manchester United player.
The 30-year-old is answering his critics in the best possible way, and Twitter is all up for it.
Next up for Ighalo and Manchester United is a derby clash against neighbours, Manchester City.
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