Manchester United’s hero Amad sent numerous records tumbling yesterday after his sensational hat-trick versus Southampton.
United huffed and puffed for a long time in the match as they struggled to get to grips with a surprisingly feisty Saints’ team.
After falling behind just before half-time, United struggled to respond for most of the second half.
Amad came to the rescue as he scored a fine hat-trick in 12 minutes at the end of the match to give United a much-needed 3-1 win.
He is having by far and away his most productive season in the red of Man United as he has scored nine goals and provided seven assists in this campaign.
The Ivory Coast international became the first African player to reach double figures for goal involvements in a season for the club.
The club’s website has also highlighted some interesting records broken by the electric 22 year old.
“Amad is the first African player to score a hat-trick for United”, a fact he will surely cherish coming from a continent that is obsessed with the football club.
His trio of goals made him the second youngest United player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League after Wayne Rooney.
The club’s all-time goal scorer “achieved the feat against Bolton Wanderers in 2006.”
Amad is also the first United player to score a Premier League hat-trick since Cristiano Ronaldo did against Norwich City in April 2022.
Out of the current squad, only Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes had scored three goals in a game before the 22 year old’s star showing yesterday.
“Opta have reported that, since the division began in 1992, there have been only three players to score three goals from the 80th minute onwards.”
All three are United players as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored four goals from the bench against Nottingham Forest in 1999 and Wayne Rooney also scored three late goals against Hull City in 2010.
Amad has now joined them after his spectacular showing last night.
He will next be in action when United welcome Brighton and Hove Albion to Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon, looking to win a rare two Premier League games on the bounce.
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Alex Browne
Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Proud owner of such niche shirts such as Kleberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Gary Neville. Grew up pretending to be Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the back garden, with little success.
