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Daniel Murphy

Jesse Lingard names his favourite Manchester United moment so far

There have been plenty of highlights in Jesse Lingard's Manchester United career, but for him scoring the winning goal in the FA Cup final is at the top.

United had gone behind in the 2016 final against Crystal Palace but Juan Mata replied moments later to tie the match and send things to extra-time.

Things then looked bad when Chris Smalling was shown a red card but United persevered and Lingard popped up to score a brilliant volley to give United the trophy for the first time since 2004.

As well as being the matchwinner, the game remains special for Lingard as he got to watch to veterans in the squad win the competition for the first time.

“My debut sticks out a lot [against Swansea City on the opening day of the 2014/15 season],” he told United's official site.lingard

“It was a great feeling. You have to work hard to get into the first team and to play my debut stands out. Obviously, I got injured in that game so it stands out a bit more.

Jesse Lingard celebrates after scoring the winner in the FA Cup final in 2016 against Crystal Palace (Getty Images)

“My first goal for the club was a great moment – at the Stretford End against West Brom. It was like a half-volley from the edge of the box with the inside of my foot into the bottom corner. I can remember things very clearly like that, like they were yesterday.

“There are those moments and obviously the trophies we've won as well,” he continued. “There are a lot of great memories – especially the FA Cup, but the European one [the Europa League in 2017] was brilliant as well.

“That team was quite young and a lot of us had never won the FA Cup or a trophy. Wazza [Wayne Rooney] and Carrers [Michael Carrick] had never won it before that.

"It was important for them to win it and important for us, as young lads, to win the first trophy for the club, to get that winning feeling.

“When you do, you get that hunger to go on and win more trophies. It was a mixture of everything, the atmosphere was crazy that day at Wembley. It couldn't have been a better day for us.”

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