Sekou Kone sends five-word message after “combative” Manchester United display, Godwill Kukonki responds

Sekou Kone produced one of his best performances so far for Manchester United’s Under-21s on Wednesday evening in a 5-0 win over Oldham.

Manchester United’s youngsters progressed to the knockout stages of the National League Cup after a five-star performance against the National League outfit.

Oldham were unable to keep up with Travis Binnion’s side, who scored five goals in the second half of the game to secure a comfortable victory.

Sekou Kone started the game and it was the fourth time he was in the starting XI for the Under-21s in less than two weeks.

United have started to integrate the summer signing into the team more in recent weeks after an interrupted first-half of the season.

The Mali youth international completed 90 minutes and produced a solid display. His marauding run from deep led to Chido Obi Martin’s goal.

Kone was able to showcase his forward-thinking ability and “combative” nature of play, impressing many fans who tuned in to the game.

It has been claimed that Kone could get an opportunity to impress first-team boss Ruben Amorim in the next pre-season and until then his job is to play as many minutes as possible in the youth teams.

Kone sends message after impressive United U21s display

After full-time against Oldham, Kone took to Instagram to react to the impressive result.

On Instagram, the 18-year-old posted several images of him during the game with the caption: “We never give up inshallah💪🙏🩸❤️”

Several of his Academy teammates were quick to respond, with Godwill Kukonki commenting with two fire emojis.

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Kone and the rest of his teammates will have a short 10 day break until their next fixture against Tottenham Hotspur’s Under-21s on the 7 February.

Obi Martin also excelled for United’s U21s

Alongside Kone, it was Obi Martin who caught the eye for the Under-21s in that clash as the 17-year-old continues to make positive strides in his development.

When he joined in the summer from Arsenal, his goalscoring record was the eye-catching feature and that has continued over the course of the season so far.

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However, Obi Martin has also shown that he can be very useful outside of the box, with impressive hold-up play and ball manipulation able to help him in those slightly deeper areas.

That is something he will need if he wants to eventually make the jump into United’s first-team and he proved that he can do it against senior opposition for the first time this week.

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