Paul Pogba's bizarre 'slow motion' penalty technique has been the talk of the town but it's actually a technique he regularly uses - notably doing it in an FA Youth Cup quarter final away at Anfield as a 17-year old.
The Frenchman has had mixed results from the spot this season, scoring against Leicester and Brighton but missing against Burnley and Everton - with his latest effort from 12 yards seeing him take 26 steps and take longer than Usain Bolt does to run the 100m.
Pogba is sticking by his way of taking penalties, though it did end quite embarrassingly for him back in 2011 in front of the Kop against Liverpool.
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He took an age to approach the ball but despite coolly slotting home, referee David Coote deemed his fake shot, which fooled the goalkeeper midway through his run-up, to be an illegal move - and so Pogba was shown a second yellow and subsequently given his marching orders.
Larnell Cole then retook the second penalty and sent the goalkeeper the wrong way before Ravel Morrison struck twice to give United a massive 3-2 win in a game where four players saw red.
Pogba doesn't tend to do much of a faint these days but he will of course have to be extra careful when it comes to spot-kicks.
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"I always try and destabilize the keeper, maybe they know how I take penalties, maybe I should practice to change it, if the keepers know my step." Pogba explained on his penalties after the Everton.
And a couple of days after, he took the piss out of himself by posting a video of him walking to his car doing the same run-up he uses when a penalty comes about.
Fair play, Paul.
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