Mason Greenwood, a Manchester United loanee, scored during Getafe’s 1-1 draw with Real Betis in a pivotal La Liga match.
Greenwood scored his team’s opening goal eight minutes into the game from the penalty spot.
He calmly slotted the ball into the bottom-right corner, sending the Betis goalkeeper the wrong way.
However, Getafe were pegged back just 10 minutes from the interval when Isco found the back of the net, also from the spot-kick.
When Greenwood fell down inside the box late in the game, he felt he would have a chance to win it for Getafe, but the referee ruled the United loanee was not fouled.
At Estadio Benito Villamarín, both teams had to settle for sharing the victory.
After 18 league games, the Englishman currently has four goals and the same number of assists.
He has been in the news in recent days due to an incident involving himself and Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham.
As Real Madrid beat Getafe 2-0 last week, Bellingham was caught by cameras muttering a slur to Greenwood. It’s believed that the former Borussia Dortmund man called his fellow countryman a “rap–t.”
It was relayed that Greenwood doesn’t want any fuss to be made over the issue as he wants to move on quickly and just focus on his football.
He certainly didn’t let it bother him going by his sensational display against Betis.
The 22-year-old registered 52 touches of the ball during the time he was on the pitch. He successfully delivered 24 of the 33 passes he attempted to find his teammates with, managing a pass accuracy of 73%.
Greenwood made two key passes.
The Carrington academy graduate tried to ping four long balls. He was successful on three occasions.
He embarked on an incredible 8 dribbles and came out on top 6 times.
.
The player delved into 14 ground duels and won 8 of them. He didn’t win the one aerial duel he was required to contest.
Greenwood put in 1 tackle.
He’ll undoubtedly be looking to build on his extremely positive individual display in Getafe’s next game vs. Celta Vigo which takes place in a week.