article_snippet.sent: It was ten minutes short of 1am when Javier Hernandez left the Santiago Bernabeu last night.
article_snippet.sent: Javier Hernandez did so beaming from ear to ear, admitting that Javier Hernandez had seen the tweets from Javier Hernandez Manchester United team-mates congratulating Javier Hernandez on scoring what Javier Hernandez called ‘one of the most important goals of my life’.
article_snippet.sent: Not everyone had been as complimentary as Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney, with Sky pundit Thierry Henry criticizing Javier Hernandez for not immediately running to Cristiano Ronaldo who played the ball to Javier Hernandez for the goal.
article_snippet.sent: Marca (left) say Javier Hernandez scored 'the goal of Javier Hernandez life' while AS praises 'Chicharito' for winning the tie .
article_snippet.sent: To pick up on that and not on the out-pouring of elation is to not understand just how much the Mexican striker has toiled for the last two seasons desperate for a chance to do what the Mexican striker feels the Mexican striker does best – score big goals in big games.
article_snippet.sent: Despite starting only seven of the fifty games Real Madrid have played this season Javier Hernandez has wriggled Javier Hernandez way into the affections of the club
article_snippet.sent: ’s supporters much and on three occasions, Javier Hernandez got Javier Hernandez into goalscoring positions on Wednesday night.
article_snippet.sent: With the first two opportunities Javier Hernandez snatched at the chance – shooting woefully into the side netting in the first half with Cristiano Ronaldo and Isco better placed, and pulling another shot across the face of the goal in the second period.
article_snippet.sent: But when Javier Hernandez hit the target with the third opportunity the stadium responded.
article_snippet.sent: Javier Hernandez name echoed around all four sides of the ground and that is not something afforded lightly to any player in their first campaign.
article_snippet.sent: There was nothing special about the finish but getting there, to apply it when for the previous 88 minutes Javier Hernandez had run Javier Hernandez into the ground does deserve credit and Javier Hernandez had around 80,000 spectators wanting to thank Javier Hernandez personally at the end.
article_snippet.sent: Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick led the tributes to Hernandez on Twitter after the game .
article_snippet.sent: The Spanish radio journalists who mobbed Hernandez as Hernandez emerged from some post-match physiotherapy, all wanted to ask Hernandez about the last great Mexican striker to wear the white shirt, Hugo Sanchez.
article_snippet.sent: Hernandez deserved the goal because Hernandez has never given in.
article_snippet.sent: It’s a great reward for Hernandez.
article_snippet.sent: Hernandez missed a couple of chances before scoring, but Hernandez persistence eventually paid off for Madrid .
article_snippet.sent: No wonder Hernandez ran straight to supporters to wildly celebrate; no wonder Hernandez didn’t want to leave the stadium last night.