Ighalo Double Powers United Past Rooney’s Derby Into FA Cup Quarters.
Manchester United’s Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo scores his team’s third goal during the English FA Cup fifth round football match between Derby County and Manchester United on March 5, 2020. Oli SCARFF / AFPOdion Ighalo ruined Wayne Rooney’s hopes of leading Derby to an FA Cup upset against Manchester United as the Nigeria striker’s double sealed a 3-0 win in the fifth round on Thursday.
Ighalo has only been at United for a few weeks after arriving from China, but his second and third goals for the club stole the spotlight from Old Trafford icon Rooney. It was the first time Rooney had faced United since playing for Everton in January 2018 and he remains without a goal in seven appearances against them.
It was a Derby player 16 years younger than Rooney who almost gave the hosts a shock lead when Louis Sibley fired just wide from long-range. Bruno Fernandes, the new idol for United fans, was in the team and the Portugal midfielder was starting to pull the strings.
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