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Man Utd defender Bailly: Comeback game had me dancing around my house!

Manchester United defender Eric Bailly admits his comeback from serious knee injury has him dancing.

Bailly, writing for manutd.com, recalled what he did after completing an U23 appearance in January.

"Back in January, after I had played with our Under-23s against Newcastle, I got home, turned on some music, put it on loud, like at a party, and just danced with my family. It was a party, really; a celebration of being able to play again. A normal match, a full match free of any recurrence of any injury.

"That night was a great moment for me, a really good step in my return. I had mixed feelings beforehand. On the one hand I was very happy, having trained up to a level where I could play again, but at the same time I was a bit worried on the day of that match, perhaps a little constrained in the build up to that match by my own self-control, having just returned, so it was a mixture of feelings at the start. After the first few touches and the first few minutes, things started to flow and those concerns were behind me. By the end of the match I was really happy with how things had gone at the stadium.

"It had been a long journey for me since July."

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