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- Updated: December 26, 2016
Jose Mourinho described Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s stunning goal in Man Utd’s 3-1 win over Sunderland as “beautiful”.
The Armenian substitute produced a fine finish for United’s third in the victory, flicking the ball from behind him with his right foot and into the corner, despite being offside from Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s cross.
Mourinho was full of praise for the goal, and said it would have gone down in club history if it had been a match-winner in a more important game.
Mourinho told Sky Sports: “It was beautiful. It’s a pity that it’s the third goal in the game and not a phenomenal goal to win a great match, because that would be in Manchester United history.
“It’s always good for him, he was playing very well, he had that injury that stopped his evolution, but then he comes back, plays 35 minutes and well, and shows that he is ready to be back to the level that he himself created expectation …