sport news Sky Bet EFL Q&A: 's Will Grigg on his goal against Man City

Have goals, will travel. Or in the case of Sunderland's new £4million striker Will Grigg, have goals and a song.

The 27-year-old has become synonymous with the 'Will Grigg's On Fire' song that was posted online by a supporter of Wigan Athletic, his former club.

The tune earned the Wigan fan a free season ticket and Grigg's fame across Europe when the Northern Ireland fans saluted their squad member around France during Euro '16. 

Sunderland's new £4m striker Will Grigg has described himself as humble and professional

Sunderland's new £4m striker Will Grigg has described himself as humble and professional

Grigg still finds it delightfully surreal, although with 120 career club goals for Walsall, Brentford, MK Dons, Wigan and now Sunderland to his name, he has lived up to the lyrics more often than not.

The subject of this week's Sky Bet EFL Q&A, the Northern Ireland international also recalls the night his goal caused one of the great modern-day FA Cup shocks a year ago this week and reveals an unusual choice of pre-match music.

Describe yourself on the pitch in 3 words.

Poacher. Unselfish. Clever. 

Describe yourself off the pitch in 3 words.

Family man. Professional. Humble. 

Best moment of your career so far?

I've had four promotions so they are as special as each other, but as a single moment it would be the win against Man City in the FA Cup (Wigan's 1-0 win in the fifth round in February 2018). 

It was a special moment and a special day, especially how Man City were playing at the time. They were the best team in the country, probably the best team in the world at the time. It was also the nature of how it happened and it was in the FA Cup.

Getting the goal as well makes it that extra bit special. It was one of the two or three times that I actually touched the ball in the whole game, but to see the stadium like that and to be able to share the experience as well with my family was very special.

Even though we beat them, you would still want one of their shirts. You still respect them. They are special players and they are playing at that level for a reason. It's not just that game, it's what that person has done throughout their whole career.

Grigg scored the only goal as Wigan knocked Manchester City out of the FA Cup last season

Grigg scored the only goal as Wigan knocked Manchester City out of the FA Cup last season

When you beat them it's nice, but to get a shirt would always have that memory with it. You would be able to show off the win as well. Having said that, I didn't get a Man City shirt that day. I tried to get Aguero's, but didn't manage it.

The first time I heard 'Will Grigg's On Fire' in the stadium was good as well. It was a bit strange how it came around. There was a Wigan fan, Sean Kennedy, who did a few videos with certain players and certain songs. Mine seemed to catch on and went viral.

It was a during a free-scoring period for myself when I was scoring goals left, right and centre. It started off with a section of the crowd at the DW Stadium and then before you know it, it's the whole stadium and then it's at the Euros. It was a very, very surreal moment, but it's something that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Who is the hardest opponent you have faced? 

It would be from that Man City game. Aymeric Laporte and John Stones were the two centre-halves, but I thought that Laporte was something special - the way he handled the ball and the way he defended as well.

He put a lot of pressure on me. Even though City had a lot of possession, he made it very difficult for myself. And the way he played on the ball and manipulated it was something I hadn't quite seen before.

He differed from a Championship defender or a League One defender in the sense that he was a lot cleverer in terms of his positioning. He read the game really well. 

Obviously there were a lot of clearances from the Wigan players and balls that I would usually have been able to get to and hold up. 

Just the way he positioned himself and read the game was what gave him that extra yard and what made it extra difficult for me.

Grigg believes Aymeric Laporte was one of the toughest defenders he's ever faced

Grigg believes Aymeric Laporte was one of the toughest defenders he's ever faced

Most embarrassing moment in football?

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