The Bradford-born forward won’t be 18 for another 12 days and his excellently finished 73rd-minute goal on his senior starting debut made him the club’s youngest ever scorer in Europe.
Marcus Rashford was the previous holder of that title, when he scored in the Europa League against Midtjylland in 2016 aged 18 years and 117 days. But Greenwood obliterated that record to win a frustrating Group L opener against the Kazakhstan side.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said before the match that while the young players were out there to enjoy the occasion, as Greenwood certainly did, it was his more experienced men who were there to win it.