Despite an overall disappointing season for Manchester United (despite the FA Cup win), Anthony Martial was one of the shining lights in Louis van Gaal’s last season with the Red Devils.
Now, the French attacker can add the Premier League Goal of the Season gong to his Cup winner’s medal, after fans voted his cracking curler against Stoke City as the best strike of the 2015/16 campaign.
The goal came in the Red Devils’ 3-0 home win back in February, with Martial finishing off a superb team move with an even better strike…
And the PL Goal Cup winner is….#GoalCupMartialhttps://t.co/AYArUG77ze
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 26, 2016
The ‘Premier League Goal Cup’ voting system utilised Twitter, with Christian Benteke’s fabulous bicycle kick for Liverpool against none other than Man Utd coming second. And with no Arsenal goals put up for nomination, this was one vote Gooners couldn’t hijack.
Final result:
Martial 57.6%
Benteke 42.4%Congratulations @AnthonyMartial! pic.twitter.com/UDYIdswL2H
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 26, 2016
It’ll be very interesting to see how Martial develops under Jose Mourinho.