Scholes, Ferdinand, Owen Hargreaves Commends Ighalo On His First Goal

Manchester United legends, Paul Scholes, Rio Ferdinand and Owen Hargreaves have commended former Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo over his performance during the Red Devils clash against Club Brugge on Thursday.

The Nigerian international scored his first goal for the English Premier League side on Thursday in their 5-0 victory over Club Brugge.

The Red Devils former defender, Ferdinand congratulated Ighalo on his first goal for Manchester United.

“Congrats @ighalojude. A special moment for you & your family!” He tweeted.

Scholes while speaking with BT Sport noted that Ighalo will continue to score so long Bruni Fernandes is in the team.

He said, “He did well tonight, he looked sharp. We said before the game he has not played since December. He looked sharp, he was good.”

He noted that Ighalo has joined United at the right time because of the presence of “a really creative player” Fernandes, “and if United need to rely on him for the rest of the season I think he’ll do a good job.”

“He’ll only get stronger and he’ll get chances created for him as long as Fernandes is in the team.”

Hargreaves in his statement noted that Ighalo offers something different to the team than Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford.

Hargreaves said he “likes the fact that he gives them a reference point. I think Martial and Rashford, they’re players that want to run at defenders.”

“Ighalo is really comfortable with his back to the defender which is a different skill and I think at times he did that really well today and they had so many bodies around him and Mata was in there, Bruno Fernandes was there, McTominay and Fred were there, and I think we’ll see more goals from Manchester United to finish the season.”