After Alejandro Garnacho missed a late opportunity to give Manchester United a 1-0 victory over Fulham, supporters of the team saw what Ruud van Nistelrooy did at full time.
Joshua Zirkzee, a rookie who came off the bench to score the team’s first goal, helped United cross the finish line on the first day of the Premier League season.
Despite chances for Bruno Fernandes and Mason Mount, Erik ten Hag’s team made a good start to the league season. Nevertheless, they were unable to score the first goal for an extended period of time.
Following Fulham’s inability to clear the ball through Calvin Bassey, Marcus Rashford broke through on goal and squared to the Argentine.
However, Garnacho missed the goal by a hair when he appeared to be off balance before shooting the shot.
For the winger, who was hoping to add to his Community Shield goal after Ten Hag had originally left him on the bench at Old Trafford, it was a nightmarish scenario.
Though Garnacho will probably be thinking about the play for a few days, the miss had little bearing on the final score as United won deservedly.
Former United striker Van Nistelrooy, who was hired by the team as a coach in the summer and will have worked closely with Garnacho during his early weeks there, seemed to take notice of that.
And after full time, a United supporter saw the Dutchman approach Garnacho directly before perhaps offering the winger some words of consolation.