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27th Aug 2016

Manchester United fan breaks his leg celebrating Marcus Rashford’s winner

Off to hospital

Darragh Murphy

Nobody enjoyed Manchester United’s latest three points more than this poor unfortunate soul.

This overeager supporter certainly won’t be celebrating United’s late win over Hull in the pubs around the KC Stadium as he’ll be spending the next few hours in A&E.

He crammed all his celebrating into a 30 second spell that followed Marcus Rashford’s late winner over the Tigers on Saturday.

Despite having £250,000-a-week man Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the pitch and big money man Paul Pogba, United had to rely on the 18-year-old sensation to bail them out and seal three points at the death.

A clever move from Rooney saw the ball poked through into his path and the youngster finished it with aplomb, sending the travelling United support into raptures – including this chap.

So elated was he to see Rashford find the net in the dying seconds that in the revelry, he somehow suffered a broken leg.

The excitable fan was treated by stadium staff and will never, ever forget the time that his beloved Manchester United overcame Hull in August, 2016.

Surely Rashford is the kind of guy who would take the time to sign a cast.

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