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Andreas Pereira reveals which Man Utd sub helped him score Southampton wonder goal
MANCHESTER UNITED midfielder Andreas Pereira has revealed the secret to his wonder strike against Southampton.
Manchester United beat Southampton 3-2 thanks to Pereira and a Romelu Lukaku brace.
The Belgian-born Brazil international scored his second United goal during the victory, and cited extra shooting practise with goalkeeper Lee Grant as a factor.
"It's my best day," Pereira told MUTV.
"My first Premier League goal, and in a difficult game, so I'm very happy.
"There were a lot of beautiful goals, I think it was a difficult day for the goalkeepers.
"When I received the ball, I saw Luke [Shaw] coming on my left and I was going to give him the ball but it was so nicely on my right foot, I thought I would shoot.
"I'd been practising in training yesterday with Granty [Lee Grant] and it gave me a lot of confidence as I put four in the top corner from exactly the same range.
"So I had a good feeling and I went for it.”
That victory was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s 13th win in 16 games, losing just once.
Pereira hailed his team-mates for their latest display, and is now looking ahead to the Paris Saint-Germain clash on Wednesday.
"It's amazing,” he added.
You feel a lot of emotions and I'm very happy and hopefully there will be many more to come.
"It's a very important win for us.
”We showed big spirit and, hopefully now, we can take it on to Wednesday and show it again.
"I'm just here to help the team and hopefully I can keep helping.
"We're back in the top four and hopefully we can keep going and get the Champions League spot."