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Manchester United channeled the ‘Fergie time’ of yesteryear against Wolverhampton Wanderers this week.
Truth be told, the Red Devils looked poor during their second game after Christmas Day, barely threatening Rui Patricio’s goal more than a first-half opportunity from Bruno Fernandes.
Edinson Cavani appeared to have found the net after the break, only to be denied by the offside flag, leaving United to enter injury time on the brink of what would be a disappointing draw.
Man Utd 1-0 Wolves
But we’re talking United and even in the years since Sir Alex Ferguson hung up his hair dryer, they know what they’re talking about when it comes to last gasp winners.
You just have to look at this season’s dramatic wins over Brighton & Hove Albion and Southampton to get the point, but this was arguably the most exciting of all in the 93rd minute.
Marcus Rashford picked up the ball from Fernandes and after some maneuvering in the penalty area, a shot escaped that deflected Patricio at his near post to secure the three points.
Rashford scores the winner
You can almost imagine the wild celebrations that would have erupted in the Stretford End if the fans had been in attendance with the goal reaffirming United’s status as outside title contenders.
Furthermore, with Liverpool going blank the following night with a goalless trip to Newcastle United, the Red Devils can equalize at the Premier League summit if they win their remaining match.
Let’s back up for a second though, because something creepy about the Rashford winner has been pointed out by Twitter user @ryanxgroves which has gone viral with over 2,000 retweets.
Identical objectives
It shows a video of Park Ji-Sung scoring a winning goal against the Wolves at the very end of Old Trafford at exactly the same minute 10 years earlier, and well, the goals are almost identical.
Like Rashford, Park drifts from the right side and fires a left foot strike at the first post with the 2010 and 2020 Wolves defenses lined up eerily similarly in the penalty area.
You can check the goals below to see that something creepy is happening:
I mean, how do we start to explain this !?
Disturbing similarities
We’ve all seen videos before that showed players like Cristiano Ronaldo scoring similar goals at different times in his career, but there are too many identical factors to point to here.
Same stadium. Same ending. Same opponents. Same minute. Same foot. Same corner. Crazy.
It just goes to show that to the extent that anything is possible in football, ultimately, there are some things that work better than others and for whatever reason the Wolves clearly have an Achilles at the end at Old Trafford.
If only they had known how to shoot a left-handed shot past the goalkeeper at their first post early in the game … actually, I guess it would have to be the 93rd minute, right? Ah, 2020, crazy.
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