Amad Diallo scored an absolute stunner as he sparked a Sunderland play-off comeback.
The former Rangers loanee has been nothing short of sensational during his time on loan at the Stadium of Light and he stepped up, as he so often has this season, when his team needed him to net an incredible leveller against Luton Town.
Erik ten Hag spoke a couple of days back about the attacker returning to Manchester United to get his chance and Red Devils fans will be purring after seeing this latest strike as he levelled for the hosts before Trai Hume netted the winner to take a slender 2-1 advantage into the second leg at Kenilworth Road with the Black Cats potentially just 90 minutes away from the richest game in world football at Wembley.
Diallo - Sunderlands' Young Player of the Year - has been key to their promotion push alongside former Celtic star Patrick Roberts and that incredible strike was his 14th of the campaign as he looks to sign off from his loan period with Tony Mowbray's side on the ultimate high. The former Hoops gaffer hailed the strike as 'amazing' as he vowed to go out and try and win the second leg meeting on Tuesday night.
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He told the Chronicle Live: "Sitting here, I think we warranted the win.
"We had enough opportunities, and it was ironic almost that we scored from two set-plays. Amad's goal was an amazing strike, it was similar to the goal they scored in the league match here - a corner they shifted inside to the corner of the box and hit.
"And our winner, we had worked on taking short corners, not putting it in the box straightaway where they have 6ft 5in centre-halves who are just going to head it out, so let's play it around the box and put flat balls into the box, and it's great when a plan comes together, really. I thought we competed really well.
"We've talked about being the youngest team in the league and the lack of physicality in the team but we competed really well all over the pitch, the fans rose to that and could see the team tackling and we were almost like snarling dogs in the midfield at times winning the ball. Nothing has been achieved, of course.
"No points played for tonight, we have to go to Luton and try to win the next game. We have to go and try and win, we won't be protecting anything, we won't be trying to slow the game down, we won't be putting loads of men at the back, we'll be playing our game and trying to win."
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