‘I Don’t Care What Anyone Says’ — Ighalo After FA Cup Masterclass

Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo, produced a masterclass performace last night against Derby County in the FA Cup, and he has now spoken about how confident he is going forward.

The 30-year-old joined Manchester United on deadline day from Shanghai Shenhua, and many people placed doubts that he would fit in at the club.

Things seem to be going according to plan for the loanee, who has now scored three goals in six appearances (two starts).

After the game against Derby County, Ighalo spoke with BT Sports and said he was willing to pay back Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s faith in him.

He said;

“I am happy. I want to congratulate the team for a hard fought game,” Ighalo told BT Sport post-match.

“As long as my team-mates believe in me, the boss believes in me and the fans believe in me, I just have to keep going. I don’t care what anyone says.”

“I am happy to be around this game team, great lads and great manager, I am happy and we are working hard,” Ighalo told BBC Sport.

“We know we need to win the game to go through to do important things this season and end the season well. The start was not the best we can do but after 20-25 minutes we got into the game.

“I used my strength and I am happy the ball went in. For the second, they blocked it then there is nothing I can do apart from shoot.

“I had another shot but did not connect well but the most important thing is that we won. We want to keep the momentum going and make sure we do great this season.”