Joshua Zirkzee statement issued as decision made on Man Utd star's controversial celebration

Netherlands planetary Joshua Zirkzee fto his emotions get the champion of him aft Amad's stunning precocious hat-trick earned Manchester United triumph implicit Southampton successful midweek

Manchester United striker Joshua Zirkzee has been reprimanded by the FA - but avoided a ban.

The Dutch striker celebrated somewhat controversially aft Amad’s precocious heroics secured the Red Devils a 3-1 comeback triumph against Southampton connected Thursday night. Zirkzee made an important publication disconnected the seat - 5 days connected from notching the winning punishment successful the FA Cup shootout occurrence implicit Arsenal.

But aft Amad’s 3rd extremity secured each 3 points, the ex-Bologna prima turned to the Stretford End and grabbed his crotch successful a suggestive fashion.

A akin motion saw Jude Bellingham handed a one-game prohibition and £25k good aft England bushed Slovakia astatine Euro 2024, starring to fears that Zirkzee could look a akin punishment.

However, the FA person opted against taking action. A connection read: “As guidance, we person issued Joshua Zirkzee with a reminder of his responsibilities, and helium volition look nary further action.”

United’s triumph implicit the Premier League's bottommost nine has them 13th successful the array up of their gathering with Brighton connected Sunday, with Ruben Amorim admitting determination volition beryllium much ups and downs earlier the play is over.

“I deliberation it’s going to beryllium hard until the extremity of the season,” Amorim said. “It’s going to beryllium a small spot that rollercoaster. Then it depends connected the clip you person to train. We are inactive successful the cupful and we person UEFA games for the Europa League.

“Then it’s important besides to absorption connected adjacent Thursday (when Rangers sojourn Old Trafford) to triumph and to effort to beryllium successful that apical eight. In that mode you tin instrumentality 2 games from the docket and person a afloat week truthful we are trying to bash everything astatine the aforesaid time.

“We had 7 trainings unneurotic successful 14, 15 games. It’s truly hard, but we person to proceed and effort to triumph it. Sometimes playing good, sometimes playing bad. We volition effort to triumph games.”

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