Why Mkhitaryan's goal against Anderlecht was harder than it lookedApril 14, 2017 - 12:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Michael Owen has heaped praise on Henrikh Mkhitaryan, saying his goal against Anderlecht was much harder than it looked, Mirror reports. Owen, who made 49 appearances for Man United scoring 17 times, discussed the strike on BT Sport after the Red Devils' Europa League game on Thursday, April 13. The 37-year-old claimed that many people would look at the effort and see it as nothing more than a tap-in. But having played the game at the highest level is convinced that the Armenian had a lot to do to make it look so easy. "You expect him to score the goal but having been in that position you look at it and think 'that wasn't as easy as everyone would think,'" explained Owen. "Everyone will look at it and think it's an open-goal, it's a tap-in. "But when the ball is going and it's on your left foot, and the spin is going the other way, it's a tight angle. "You're expecting to score but then you're so concentrating on getting the right technique. Listen you'd score it nine times out of ten, I'm sure, but it wasn't that simple." Mkhitaryan's goal came in the 36th minute of United's Europa League quarter-final first leg against Anderlecht. But it was cancelled out by a late Leander Dendoncker header four minutes before the end. Photo. Reuters Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |