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Armenian National Squad and Manchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has talked about his football idols, the most impressive goal of his career meanwhile expressing hope to score many other goals for his team during the interview conducted by the official website of the football club.

“I started watching United at the time when Eric Cantona was in the team, and I loved watching him play. Andrei Kanchelskis was another who I'd keep an eye out for - as he was a Russian player I found that very interesting. But, in terms of a United idol, that would have to be Sir Alex Ferguson.

When I began my football career Zinedine Zidane became my hero not just for his vision on the pitch but for the fact he was such a leader. He was always talking to his team-mates and helping them," Mkhitaryan noted.

The footballer has underscored that he has no pre-match superstitions as getting older he realized that everything he needed to perform as a footballer was in his head.

“I was very happy when I scored a goal for the Armenian Under-21 team against Turkey in 2009. It was a very important game for us, and I scored the winner in the last minute. It was the most emotion I've ever felt after scoring a goal.

I do not know which is the best goal I have scored as I've scored a lot [laughs]. Hopefully, there are a lot more goals to come for me at United,” Mkhitaryan said.