Anthony Ilanga Manchester United has left in the past. On Tuesday, they were late.
Alejandro Garnacho and Patrick Dorgu could not keep up with the 22 -year -old while exploding from the edge of his area to the Ryan Yates defense head, gathering the ball and running 70 yards.
The Swedish wing still has a compact to find the lower angle of 18 yards.
A special moment-but he refused to celebrate against the club he joined when he was 12 years old.
The 1-0 victory maintained the forest seeking unable to reach the Champions League and leave them in third place in the English Premier League, with 10 points over Newcastle in sixth place.
President Nuno Espereto Santo admitted that he had not seen a goal like him, while the captain Yetz described his teammate as “a dream of a midfielder.”
“It comes to attacking the space and reaching the opposite goal as quickly as possible. I saw the space and I think I am one of the fastest players in the league,” Elaga told TNT SPORTS while receiving the match man's award.
“The end is something I was trying to work on. The left foot or the right foot, I am completely comfortable for both feet this season.
“All you want to do is to continue to improve. The coming here is about playing and developing. I appreciate Manchester United as much as I learned a lot there.
“I enjoy football and want to continue.”
This was supposed to re -enjoy 15 million pounds to Nottingham Forest in 2023.
He appeared 55 games, scoring four goals, for United, but was greeted by Eric Tin Hag, who felt that the wing would not achieve the row. This came only five in the Premier League in 2022-23.
Interestingly, although current United President Robin Amorim has reduced the fact that Langa was allowed to leave.
He said: “We are talking about many players who were in Manchester United who are in good health, but they have the opportunity here.
“They were here and here the pressure is very large at times. Sometimes you have no time and you must have time to develop these children.
“So you need a strong base. If you don't have it, we will not help our children. They have their chances and sometimes the pressure on Manchester United is really great.”
Obviously, there is no regret from Elanga, though, his six goals are the best season.
“I made the right decision, 100 %,” said Elanga The Athletic in December. “I really didn't talk about this, but at that time at United, I was very young and I was coming to a team that was struggling.
“Yes, there was an idea that” I play with Manchester United “. But I also never felt as if I was improving. I was playing to play when I had a strange opportunity.
“To come to Forest was very big for me, because suddenly I was playing regularly 90 minutes, while I had the opportunity to improve. When I played, I felt that I had a purpose, as I was playing and improving the process. This was the biggest change for me.
“I feel as if I knew the league from the inside out now, because I had the opportunity to learn. I have no remorse, because I enjoy playing great football with this team. We are really good at the moment.”
This place only improved after its deserved victory over United, which led them to close it with the fictional stories finals this season, with a semi -finals in the FA Cup against Manchester City, part of it.
With eight matches remain, they are closed in the Champions League.
Elanga played his role with his goals and eight decimal passes, and he is the seventh participant in the Premier League standings. It is fast: before Tuesday's match, statistics showed that he spent 1.17 % of his time on the field this season – the highest level in the Premier League.
After Tuesday's goal, this number will undoubtedly improve.
Nuno said about Matchwinner: “He did it himself. There is no better counter -attack. He is a private player.”
