Henrikh Mkhitaryan is better then Manchester rival Kevin De Bruyne, insists Robbie Savage
United's scorpion kick star wins vote over City's ace midfielder as radio caller revs up the debate and Savage agrees with verdict
ROBBIE SAVAGE has hailed Henrikh Mkhitaryan as being better then Manchester rival Kevin De Bruyne.
Mkhitatyan certainly won the major bagging rights in the city for his scorpion kick goal against Sunderland.
The Manchester United ace, unable to grab a first-team place until earlier this month, arrived back from a two-game injury lay-off with a real bang.
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He stepped off the bench to score a scorpion kick in the 3-1 win...and won an instant admirer in Radio F 5 Live pundit Savage.
De Bruyne, meanwhile, was an influential figure in City's 3-0 victory over Bournemouth.
And former Welsh international Savage insisted that Mkhitaryan - the summer signing from Borussia Dortmund - is better than the ex-Wolfsburg midfielder.
Savage asked a caller on 5 Live who he thought the better player was.
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The caller chose Mkhitaryan - which went down well with the Welshman.
He said: "I agree with you.
"I watched a lot of Bundesliga and he was brilliant.
"I would have Mkhitaryan over De Bruyne, yes I would.
"Both are fantastic players but I'd rather Mkhitaryan."
Said Mkhitaryan of his wonder goal: "That was the best goal I've ever scored.
"I was very excited.
"The first thing I did was look at the assistant and I saw it was not ruled as offside so I just started to celebrate.
"I was expecting the ball to be in front of me and then I realised I was in front of it.