Alejandro Garnacho is becoming hard for Manchester United to ignore

Alejandro Garnacho is beginning to make a habit of scoring for Manchester United at Old Trafford.

The 17-year-old took his tally here for the season to six with a well-taken strike against Chelsea Under-23s, finishing another milestone week in his fledgling career on a high. Garnacho has trained with the first team at Carrington for most of the week as injuries bite in Ralf Rangnick's squad, and he also put pen to paper on a contract with Nike.

That deal was celebrated with a corporate hospitality trip to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday to take in Chelsea's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Real Madrid. But it's Old Trafford that he calls home and where he looks increasingly at home.

READ MORE: Four United players out injured vs Everton

United have been keen to try and control the hype around Garnacho but the player himself is making that almost impossible. He's trained with the senior squad — for at least part of a session — around a dozen times now and, having been called into the Argentina squad last month, he's already rubbing shoulders with Lionel Messi as well as Cristiano Ronaldo.

The winger has shot to attention in the Youth Cup this season and having dazzled in that competition at Old Trafford, he was centre stage again as Neil Wood's Under-23 side moved across from Leigh Sports Village to face Chelsea, a perennial threat at this level despite their disappointing season leaving them 12th in a 13-team league.

Garnacho had been bright without being destructive until he scored in front of the Stretford End 10 minutes before half-time. Chelsea had been playing themselves into trouble at the back all night and when Bashir Humphreys slipped when in possession on his own six-yard line, D'Mani Mellor