His first Premier League goal came for his childhood team in the 97th minute, sealing a 4-3 triumph. Kobbie Mainoo’s ear-to-ear smile made sense.
“It is a dream come true,” the eighteen-year-old midfielder for Manchester United told TNT Sports after winning at Molineux against Wolverhampton Wanderers in a legendary Premier League match.
“I haven’t recovered from that yet. To be honest, I still feel as though I am dreaming.
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“It’s been incredible to begin representing my boyhood team in the Premier League. The goal now is to attempt to win more games.”
Mainoo made his 11th senior appearance for United in this match; in his prior outings, he showed calm skill in centre midfield.
But this was a whole other story. With a flash of individual brilliance, this young guy picked up his injured teammates from the ground and secured a victory that United appeared to have thrown away.
Mainoo found the ball 35 yards out from goal, just moments after Pedro Neto had tied the score for the home team. He outmuscled the Wolves captain Max Kilman, outwitted a defender, cut to his right foot, and curled a gorgeous low finish past Jose Sa.
The most recent young talent to emerge from United and take centre stage in the Premier League is Mainoo.
United has produced four of the last five 90th-minute Premier League winning goals by youngsters under the age of eighteen: Federico Macheda in 2009, Marcus Rashford in 2016, Alejandro Garnacho in 2022, and now Mainoo.
