Watch forgotten Man Utd star who played one Premier League game score stunning volley with ‘foot like a traction engine’
FORMER Manchester United starlet Demetri Mitchell left fans stunned after scoring an incredible volley.
The 26-year-old now plays for Exeter in League One and netted the amazing strike in their 2-1 defeat to Leyton Orient yesterday.
With the game goalless after 48 minutes, Jake Richards played a hopeful ball over the top of the O's defence.
The looping pass caught defender Thomas James out as he fell over trying to head it away.
Mitchell did a better job at keeping his eye on the ball, catching it sweetly on the volley after a huge bounce.
The powerful strike flew beyond a rooted Sol Brynn in the Orient goal and kissed the crossbar before dropping into the back of the net.
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Fans were left stunned, one said: "Absolute screamer."
Another felt the need to quote Alan Partridge, reacting: "S**t. Did you see that? He must have a foot like a traction engine."
Orient managed to turn the game around to secure three points thanks to two also brilliant goals from Joe Pigott and a 92nd minute winner by Ruel Sotiriou.
After the match, Mitchell wrote on social media: "Shame about the result man you lot are lucky, Twitter would of been on smoke after that goal."
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Mitchell came through the ranks at Man Utd and won the Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year award in 2018.
The versatile left-back and winger made one senior appearance for United versus Crystal Palace in 2017, being handed the chance by Jose Mourinho.
He then had two loan spells at Hearts before joining Blackpool on a permanent deal following the expiry of of his contract at Old Trafford.
Mitchell, who represented England at Under-20 level, then had a brief stay at Hibernian and eventually joined Exeter in January.
They currently sit third in the League One table.
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