SUMMER SIGNING Facundo Pellistri has revealed his ‘ecstasy’ at scoring his first goal in Manchester United colours.
The Uruguayan arrived from Penarol for around £8million on Deadline Day.
While he hasn’t yet featured for the first-team, Pellistri, 20, is putting in the work behind the scenes.
And in his fifth appearance for various Man United age groups, he managed to find the net.
The winger posted a video of his goal to Instagram, with the caption: “Ecstatic after converting my first goal with @manchesterunited and for the team’s victory! Go Reds!”
Pellistri’s strike put the young Devils 2-1 up against their Southampton counterparts at Leigh Sports Village.
The youngster timed his run to perfection, getting on the end of a lovely Shola Shoretire pass before calmly slotting past Kingsley Latham.
United, who also included highly-rated defender Teden Mengi, went on to win the game 3-1 in the PL2.
Pellistri hasn’t yet made a matchday squad in the Premier League, however.
But he did feature on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s bench for Champions League clashes with Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir.
And the Norwegian has teased an upcoming first-team debut for Pellistri.
He said: “Facundo has come in, trained with the first-team, done well, we felt now is time for him to get game time.
“And he’s played a couple of games in the reserves and is gradually settled in nicely and getting more used to us.”
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