Ian Wright has revealed why he was blown away by Benjamin Sesko’s sensational strike in Manchester United’s Premier League encounter with Everton on Monday.
Michael Carrick turned to Benjamin Sesko early in the second half after a 0-0 first half and brought on the striker for Amad Diallo in the 58th minute of the tie.
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Manchester United made the breakthrough against Everton in the 71st minute after a sensational counterattack involving Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Sesko.
Matheus Cunha played a superb ball from inside the United half and forward Bryan Mbeumo latched onto the pass before bursting into the Everton box in the match.
Mbeumo held up the ball before squaring a pass into the path of an onrushing Sesko, who superbly curled his finish into the bottom right corner of the net.
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Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring during the Premier League match between Everton and Manchester United at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool, England in 2026.
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Arsenal legend Ian Wright feels that Sesko’s winner was not being fully appreciated for the execution of his strike on the back of the Man Utd superb counterattack.
Speaking on The Overlap’s Stick to Football podcast, he said: “That goal, Cunha’s work and the pass, but what was good about it, what people will underestimate is the ball has come across to Sesko and his concentration and finish.
“He had a long time to look at it; people underestimate, they think that’s easy; it’s just him and the goalie, it was fantastic.”
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Benjamin Sesko on how he is handling the pressure of being a Man Utd striker after the Everton match
Sesko has now netted three times in his last five Premier League matches, with all of his appearances coming from the bench under United legend Michael Carrick.
Despite the 22-year-old Slovenian forward not starting against United, Sesko insisted that he is embracing the pressure that has been put on him so far.
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“For me, the way I look at the pressure is it’s something that if I want to be a good player, it’s something that I have to have,” Sesko said, as per The Guardian.
“I take it as a privilege. It’s something that has [to be there] if you want to play at the highest level and it’s about accepting it and not really caring about it. It doesn’t really affect me.”
Sesko has found the back of the net eight times and registered one assist in 24 matches across all competitions in the 2025-26 season for Man Utd so far.
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