The BBC has listed Armenian Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s scorpion kick against Sunderland among football’s most memorable moments from the 2010s.
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We take a look back at some of the festive moments that got us all talking during the 2010s. Manchester United 3-1 Sunderland (26 December 2016) Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored 13 goals for Manchester United
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s Manchester United career was largely uneventful but the Armenian will forever be remembered at Old Trafford for a piece of skill that left Jose Mourinho praising “the beauty of football.”
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s cross was behind Mkhitaryan but the midfielder rapidly readjusted, arcing his foot to send a barely believable back-heel looping past Jordan Pickford. It was a strike never to be repeated – at least not until Olivier Giroud scored an even better version just five days later.
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Per BBC
BBC: Mkhitaryan’s Scorpion Kick Among Football’s Most Memorable Moments of Decade.
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