WATCH: Juan Mata Uploads Video Of Himself Faceplanting Old Trafford Pitch

It looks like Juan Mata will scoop that elusive attacking midfield role for Manchester United in the coming weeks after the Spaniard performed admirably in the Europa League on Thursday evening.

As well as being fouled for the first penalty, Mata made some important contributions in terms of passing and movement for Jose Mourinho's side, which could sway the boss to start him on a regular basis.

But one moment in particular left everyone applauding, but for very different reasons.

When Fenerbahce Simon Kjaer bundled the Spaniard over in the box, Mata full on faceplanted the Old Trafford turf and it certainly looked painful.

Mata

That didn't stop the 28-year-old from uploading the clip to Instagram:

Mata's caption read: 'True highlight of last night. #vegandiet.'

It looks like Mata found this one particularly funny and you can see why.

Classic.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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