Matheus Cunha revealed that he told Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko that he needed to start being involved in the goals, before finding the back of the net for the first time since his big-money move to Manchester United. Cunha opened his account for the Red Devils by breaking the deadlock at Old Trafford, curling an effort into the bottom corner.
The former Wolves man cost £62.5million and he received adulation for his performance against Liverpool, but Cunha was still desperate to add goals to his game. He got his wish and three more followed for his team-mates, with Mbeumo grabbing a brace and Casemiro’s deflected strike beating Bart Verbruggen.
“It is so hard to say something. I joked with Bryan and Sesko, I told them I need to have this feeling [scoring],” Cunha told the BBC. “I felt so anxious to be a part of this and when I scored they said ‘look you can enjoy it now.’ All the day the support for my team-mates, I feel so good to be part of this.”