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Mkhitaryan wins December Goal of the Month

12/01/2017 16:15, Report by James Tuck. Video by Michael Daly

Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s remarkable scorpion kick for Manchester United against Sunderland has unsurprisingly taken a landslide victory in our latest Goal of the Month poll.

The instinctive, skilful finish, which sealed a 3-1 win over the Black Cats at Old Trafford on Boxing Day, claimed 79 per cent of fans’ votes on ManUtd.com, from a 10-goal shortlist.

After the game, Mkhitaryan admitted to MUTV it was "the best goal I've ever scored", adding: "I was very excited. The first thing I did was look at the assistant and I saw it was not ruled offside so I just started to celebrate.