Obi-Martin scores hat-trick inside quarter of an hour on his full debut for Man Utd youth

Chido Obi-Martin marked his full debut for Manchester United youth teams in grand style, scoring a hat-trick in the 6-0 triumph over Nottingham Forest in the U18 Premier League fixture played at the Carrington Training Centre on Saturday afternoon.

The talented striker opened the scoring within thirteen seconds of the start of the game, taking advantage of a mistake from a Nottingham Forest defender before going past the goalkeeper and slotting the ball home.

He grabbed the second in the fourth minute after a poor clearance from the Forest defence, and slotted into the bottom corner.

The Danish-Nigerian forward completed his hat-trick in the 14th minute, placing James Scanlon's low cross home with a one-time strike.

Five minutes before half-time, Scanlon added to the home side's tally, and Amir Ibragimov grabbed the fifth of the afternoon, with Obi-Martin being involved in the build-up.

Jim Thwaites rounded up the scoring with a brilliant free-kick into the top left corner, four minutes before the end of the regulation time.

He was substituted at half-time and was replaced by Spanish-Nigerian striker Victor Musa, who is still recovering from a lengthy lay-off.

Obi-Martin completed his move to Manchester United last month after the expiration of his schoolboy registration with Arsenal but didn't make his debut till last weekend's U18 Premier League fixture against Sunderland at the Academy of Light Training Ground.

Abdulkareem Abdulhamid

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