Manchester United's new winger Antony was naturally still buzzing when we caught up with him at Carrington on Monday afternoon, less than 24 hours after he scored on his debut for the club.
Antony gave a lot of credit to the team-mate who provided the pass for his dream moment, Marcus Rashford, who later went on to score twice himself of course as the Premier League leaders were swept aside in a thrilling 3-1 win for the Reds.
“Marcus passed the ball to perfection so when it came [to me], there was not much more I had to do,”
said Antony somewhat modestly.
“I saw the goalkeeper and the ball just came perfectly to me to place it as I did. I was very happy to just go with my instinct.”
“Bruno Fernandes had the ball, I think he shrugged off Gabriel Jesus, and then he touched the ball to Jadon Sancho,”said our new signing, almost in the style of a match commentator.
“Sancho made the touch to Marcus and I knew he could slip the ball either way. And when Marcus, being a very intelligent player, realised I could make a run, I just took off. He slipped the ball and I took the chance well.”
“To score my first goal and share this moment with the crowd, with a great atmosphere, was brilliant.From the moment I stepped on to the pitch, I already had goosebumps because I know how much I wanted to be here and I know how much the crowd wanted this.
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“When I saw the ball going in, and the net shaking, I express all my feelings the way I did. Yes, it gave me goosebumps for sure.”
“It's a friends thing,”said our new no.21, with a laugh.
“So when I score a goal, my friends know what it is, it's a tiger. They know and that's how I celebrate.”