Amad had three goals in five starts at the time an influential figure at Manchester United suggested he required a run of 10 consecutive starts to showcase his ability. He scored his sixth goal in the tenth at Wigan on Thursday night.
The 20-year-old winger has proven United right in a league measured at a greater intensity than Serie A. Amad's strike, Sunderland's fourth in an emphatic 4-1 victory, was a blockbuster that altered the away-dayers' roar from a 'yaaah' to a 'whooa'.
A handful of fans jubilantly hurdled the first fence of advertising hoardings as Amad approached them. For a set of followers underwhelmed by Adnan Januzaj, the last left-footed winger they loaned in from United six seasons ago, Amad has exceeded expectations.
