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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Man United fans can't believe what Reiss Nelson did to Mason Greenwood before England U21's goal

Arsenal wonderkid Reiss Nelson was on the scoresheet for the England U21's on Friday evening.

But not everyone is pleased for him.

The Gunners winger climbed off the bench to net the Young Lions' third goal in a comfortable 3-0 win over their Albania counterparts in a Euro 2021 qualifier away from home.

Leading a counter-attack from deep inside his own half, Nelson played the ball out to the right and continued his run.

The ball eventually made its way back to him and he showed great footwork inside the box to create space before firing a shot into the roof of the net to make it 3-0.

It's his first goal since recovering from an injury which has kept him out of first-team action for the Gunners since the beginning of October.

But this has sparked a debate on social media.

As seen in the image below, Nelson almost fluffs the counter-attack option as he opts to ignore the player in acres of space to his left.

It turns out the player in question was Manchester United youngster Mason Greenwood.

And a few Red Devils supporters couldn't believe Nelson's choice of pass.

Unai Emery believes he can recover from criticism

With that said, one Arsenal fan fired back in defence of Nelson and stated that the teenager opted to ignore Greenwood after the United starlet had missed an easy chance earlier in the game.

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