On 24 April, Eduard Spertsyan authored a beautiful goal against Baltika. Later, social media users found striking similarities between Spertsyan's goal and Henrikh Mkhitaryan's goal against Zorya Luhansk in the Europa League.
On 8 December 2016, Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a goal for Manchester United against Zorya Luhansk. The match then ended in a 2-0 victory for the Mancunians. Subsequently, Manchester United won the Europa League 2016/17.
On 24 April 2024, Eduard Spertsyan repeated the same goal of the former Armenian national team captain.