Sports: Henrikh Mkhitaryan is the star of the show as Manchester United thrash Swansea City

The Sun, UK

Aug 19 2017

Armenian winger grabs his third and fourth assists of the new Premier League season to cap a man of the match performance for the Red Devils at the Liberty Stadium

By Gary Stonehouse

19th August 2017, 3:07 pm

HENRIKH MKITARYAN was the star of the show as Manchester United thumped Swansea City on Saturday.

After a tricky start to life in the North West last season the Armenian appears to be firmly finding his feet at Old Trafford.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan stole the show as Manchester United thumped Swansea on Saturday

His performance in the 4-0 demolition of the Swans capped a fine display that saw him top the Dream Team ratings of those on show.

He underlined his man of the match effort by adding another two assists to his stats.

And that took his tally to four for the season, already three more than he registered in the Premier League during his first campaign.

Afterwards, Mkhitaryan was keen to point out the efforts of his colleagues.

He told Sky Sports: “It was a tough game, especially in the first half.

“We had passion, we did what we had to do. The second half became much easier because they played with more defenders and that left space.

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Mkhitaryan was the man of the match during the demolition job

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