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George Smith

'Ivorian Arjen Robben!' - Manchester United fans go wild after stunning Amad goal for Sunderland

Manchester United's supporters lauded youngster Amad after he netted a stunning goal in Sunderland's Championship play-off semi-final against Luton Town at the Stadium of Light on Saturday evening.

Having fallen behind to Elijah Adebayo's 11th-minute opener, the Black Cats, who snuck into the final play-off berth on the final day of the season, levelled things up shortly before half-time through a sublime Amad goal. The United loanee bent home a stunning free-kick into the far corner of the net to take the roof off the Stadium of Light.

It was a sensational hit and it marked his 14th goal of the campaign - and his most important so far. He also scored in the Black Cats' 3-0 final-day win over Preston North End last Monday.

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Unsurprisingly, such was the outstanding quality of the goal, United's supporters watching on TV immediately took to social media to laud the 20-year-old, who has made the most of his loan spell on Wearside this season. Here is a flavour of what they had to say:

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