Bastian Schweinsteiger made his first start for Manchester United in over a year against Wigan Athletic on Sunday afternoon.
The German midfielder last started for the club on January 9, 2016, in an FA Cup tie against Sheffield United at Old Trafford.
After being out of action for long, it was no surprise that Schweinsteiger began the game looking rusty.
However, the 32-year-old set-up United’s opening goal with a pinpoint cross to Marouane Fellaini just before half-time.
Schweinsteiger rounded-out United’s 4-0 victory with a clever finish late in the game, helping secure the team’s place in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
GOAL Bastian Schweinsteiger’s second goal for Manchester United! #MUFC pic.twitter.com/51rFaDwbsh
— teambasti31 (@teambasti31) January 29, 2017
Goal: Lovely finish from Schweinsteiger #Mufc 4 : 0 #Wafc
— Totally Man Utd™ (@TotallyMUFC) January 29, 2017
United fans and many on social media were delighted for the former Bayern Munich midfielder, who was frozen-out of United’s first-team by manager Jose Mourinho at the start of the season.
Many also said he deserved the man of the match award.
Man of the Match: Bastian Schweinsteiger. Welcome back.
— Liam Canning (@LiamPaulCanning) January 29, 2017
Great to see Schweinsteiger playing and scoring. MUFC fans loves him for the way he conducted himself during a difficult non playing time.
— Danny Higginbotham (@Higginbotham05) January 29, 2017
Bastian Schweinsteiger: Completed more passes than any other player during Manchester United's 4-0 win against Wigan (103) pic.twitter.com/9yO9hMAmEW
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) January 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/Abidur24/status/825763630394273792
Bastian Schweinsteiger becomes the first German player to score for ManUtd at Old Trafford.
World Class Player.
— UNITED RED ARMY (@HooligansMUFC) January 29, 2017
Schweinsteiger wasn't even included in the team photo. Now he's started a game, assisted AND scored! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Manchester United (@ManUnitedWorld) January 29, 2017
