Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Henrikh Mkhitaryan is heel King, I’m heel God

Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Henrikh Mkhitaryan is heel King, I’m heel God

PanARMENIAN.Net - Zlatan Ibrahimovic hailed Henrikh Mkhitaryan's virtuos goal for Manchester United in the gameagainst Sunderland on Boxing Day, saying "Micki is heel King, I’m heel God."

Zlatan set up the opener for Daley Blind, scored the second himself and then set up the goal of the game, scored by Henrikh Mkhitaryan, 101 Great Goals says.

Mkhitaryan himself described his brilliant backheeled effort against Sunderland as "the best goal I’ve ever scored", while speaking to MUTV after Manchester United's 3-1 win.

The Armenian's inspired finish from Zlatan Ibrahimovic's right-wing cross gave visiting goalkeeper Jordan Pickford little chance of making a save in front of the Stretford End. The goal put the Reds 3-0 up at Old Trafford, before Fabio Borini pulled back a late consolation for the Black Cats.

"That was the best goal I've ever scored," Mkhitaryan said. "I was very excited. The first thing I did was look at the assistant and I saw it was not ruled as offside so I just started to celebrate.

"I was expecting the ball to be in front of me and then I realised I was in front of it. As the ball was behind me, the only thing I could do was a backheel so I did that and I succeeded."

Mkhitaryan's entrance as a 61st-minute replacement for Jesse Lingard marked his return to action after a two-match absence through injury. The Armenian insists he is now fit and ready to play his part as United bid for a fifth Premier League win in a row, at home to Middlesbrough on New Year's Eve.

"I don’t have anything of concern from a past injury so I’m happy to be back and I’m happy to be back to help the team," Henrikh explained. "I will try to do my best for the next game. It’s very important that we’re in good shape and to keep going like this."

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