Luke Shaw: United ace’s touching words on scoring at Old Trafford
Luke Shaw: United ace’s touching words on scoring at Old Trafford Luke Shaw is enjoying a rejuvenated run with Manchester United this season and appears to have put his injury woes behind him. The English left-back has started every game in the Premier League so far, registering 3,151 minutes of football, the most in a single league campaign in his career. Shaw started the season as the left-sided centre-back in former head coach Ruben Amorim’s controversial 3-4-3 system, playing the full 90 minutes in 12 of the 20 Premier League games.
After the Portuguese’s departure and the subsequent arrival of caretaker manager Michael Carrick, the Englishman was reinstated in his natural left-back role and has continued his impressive run. Luke Shaw Stats: 2025/26 Season Source: Transfermarkt . The 30 year old has also played a starring role in United’s third-placed finish this season.
Fresh from registering his first goal of the season in the 3-2 home win over Nottingham Forest last weekend, Shaw has now opened up on the emotions of scoring at Old Trafford. Amazing to score in front of United fans Speaking in an interview for the new edition of United Review , Shaw acknowledged that he should have scored more goals. He said: “I was just about to say I haven’t got many of them!
I have scored at Old Trafford and yeah, it’s hard to describe the feeling, the emotion you go through when you score. ” The Englishman revealed that it was special scoring at home in front of the fans and also recalled finding the back of the net for the first time at Old Trafford. He said: “I’ll always remember my first goal, especially at Old Trafford.
It’s an unbelievable feeling, and because I’ve not had many you just never know what to do. You just run around like a madman! ” “I think I did a knee slide for my first one [against Leicester in 2018]… But yeah, it’s a real special feeling, especially at home in front of your fans.