Paul Pogba goal vs Brighton: The French midfielder opened the goalscoring for Manchester United.
Manchester United have been impressive under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer so far, and their form seems to get better with each passing game.
The side took the lead against Brighton and Hove Albion as Paul Pogba converted the penalty near the half-an-hour mark.
Manchester United are on course for a seventh straight win across all competitions, and six in the Premier League under Solskjaer.
Paul Pogba won the penalty in the game, and converted it sweetly with the familiar stuttering run-up.
Take a look at the goal:
Paul Pogba goal vs Brighton:
Nemanja Matic found Paul Pogba with a beautiful long ball, and Pogba brought it down with an exquisite touch.
However, he went down inside the penalty box. Pogba converted the penalty sweetly as Manchester United led 1-0 in the game.
Here’s the goal:
Cheeky Run Up, Cool Finish #Pogba #murc pic.twitter.com/QkM8DkKXRG
— americanreddevils (@usareddevils) January 19, 2019
Paul Pogba celebrating the birth of his child with this celebration. 👶😎 #mufc pic.twitter.com/6OoG6BwP93
— United Xtra (@utdxtra) January 19, 2019
With this goal, Paul Pogba has now scored five and assisted four goals in his six games under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The French midfielder has been the key figure in the Manchester United midfield ever since the arrival of the Norwegian caretaker manager.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Pogba’s goal:
Pogba scores a penalty and gets booked for time wasting in the process….not really, I made that up…. the time wasting bit.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) January 19, 2019
⚽ Paul Pogba has scored his 10th goal for Man Utd this season (all comps), equalling the best scoring seasons of his club career (10 goals for Juventus in 2014-15 & 2015-16) pic.twitter.com/fcGlsVuDPy
— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) January 19, 2019
Pogba does the ‘rocking the baby’ celebration
— Simon Peach (@SimonPeach) January 19, 2019
Paul Pogba under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer:
Games – 7
Goals – 5
Assists – 4Unreal form 🔥 #mufc pic.twitter.com/zODxPDWGDw
— United Xtra (@utdxtra) January 19, 2019
Pogba’s commitment to infuriating people with his penalty run-ups is undeniably one of his best qualities. pic.twitter.com/FRfssEoxtS
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) January 19, 2019
Paul Pogba ice cool. So cool he’s now assisting himself.
— Liam Canning (@LiamPaulCanning) January 19, 2019
Lool Pogba’s celebration man’s got a baby on the way
— oléball (@utdsm_) January 19, 2019
Lukaku’s and fred’s wives both gave birth to boys last Christmas, Pogba’s girlfriend is having a baby this week, Matic’s girl just had a baby. That explains why the whole #MUFC squad stopped playing for Mourinho last year. They were all having sex instead. #MUNBHA
— Amouzab (@amouzab) January 19, 2019
Paul Pogba is the first player since Cristiano Ronaldo to score in three consecutive games for #mufc at home #mulive pic.twitter.com/9yKkc616R8
— utdreport (@utdreport) January 19, 2019
Pogba’s infamous penalty run-up… and he scores!! Pogboooom!
— ♡#MUFC Girl♡ (@reshmikasingh) January 19, 2019
Paul Pogba has equalled his best ever goals tally in a single league season:
2014/15: 8 ⚽
2015/16: 8 ⚽
2018/19: 8 ⚽The resurgence continues. pic.twitter.com/27rtWIxgjE
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 19, 2019
Not many players can assist themselves, Pogba is on a different level.
— Suhail Chowdhary (@SuhailChowdhary) January 19, 2019
Paul Pogba depuis la nomination d’Ole Gunnar Solskjær : 👀
🎯🎯 vs Cardiff
⚽️⚽️ vs Huddersfield
⚽️⚽️🎯 vs Bournemouth
✖️ vs Newcastle
🎯 vs Tottenham
⚽️ vs Brighton pic.twitter.com/45oeVinoUL
— Actu Foot (@ActuFoot_) January 19, 2019
