Nick Powell Pokes Fun At Himself During Manchester United Game

Nick Powell recently made headlines when it was revealed that the on-loan Hull City midfielder didn't bother watching his parent club's Europa League defeat to FC Midjtylland last week because he was too busy playing FIFA. During Manchester United's FA Cup game with Shrewsbury Town tonight, Powell redeemed himself with a clever reply to Hull teammate David Meyler.

Not long after United kicked off their 3-0 victory over the League One outfit, Meyler asked Powell if he fancied a game of FIFA. Powell's response was brilliantly self aware:

Bonus points to the United midfielder for watching the FA Cup game on what appears to be an illegal online stream, too.

Topics: Football, Manchester United, FA Cup

Joe Baiamonte

Northerner. Assistant Editor of SPORTbible. Studied Journalism and Broadcasting in a portakabin on a car park of Salford University for three years. Believes football peaked with Serie A in the '90s and strong-arms pro wrestling references into as many articles as possible. Neymar once took 50 euros off me during a game of poker.

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