Ighalo equals 95-year Manchester United record

Odion Ighalo has equalled a club record that has stood for 95 years with a goal for Manchester United against Norwich City in the FA Cup on Saturday. Ighalo became only the second player in the club’s history to have scored in each of his first four competitive starts for the Red Devils. According to Opta, the previous player to do this was Jimmy Hanson, who achieved the record in 1925 when he scored in consecutive starts against Hull City, Blackpool, Derby County and Aston Villa.

4 - @ighalojude is only the second player in Manchester United's history to score in each of his first four competitive starts for the club, following James Hanson back in 1925. Fantastic. pic.twitter.com/IKgeMjwkRl

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 28, 2020

Ighalo has followed Hanson’s achievement during a remarkable run early in his United career. He began his scoring run with a goal in United’s 5-0 victory over Club Brugge in late February, before scoring twice against Derby County in the FA Cup in early March. On his third start for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side, against LASK in the Europa League, he scored and contributed an assist in a 5-0 victory, before opening the scoring against Norwich on Saturday. Source: Goal