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By Richard Johnson
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Standing and dancing: Lingard thinks that his extravagant goal celebrations can inspire young people to abandon their devices and play football instead.
Standing and dancing: Lingard thinks that his extravagant goal celebrations can inspire young people to abandon their devices and play football instead.
Jesse Lingard of Manchester United believes his cheeky dances can encourage children to play football.
The midfielder became a huge hit on social media after releasing a Michael Jackson-style moonwalk after scoring in the FA Cup's 3-1 win over Arsenal.
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"I think I've always wanted to learn the moonwalk just on the grbad, I did a little warm-up just to test it, to see if I could actually put my posts into the soil, "he said.
"I always like to celebrate goals." When you score, you should be able to celebrate the goals.
"This is never deliberately against the opposition, but you know, I like to celebrate my goals."
This is only the last movement of Lingard's growing repertoire.
Lingard performed his "Milly Rock" move at The Emirates last year.
Raheem Sterling joins Lingard in celebrating its trademark "JLingz".
Lingard about to enter a video game-inspired celebration during England's 6-1 win over Panama in Russia.
Last year, Lingard was inspired by the viral craze of hip-hop "Milly Rock" after scoring in North London.
During England's 6-1 demolition by Panama at the World Cup, he performed a "shooting dance" inspired by the Fortnite video game. Before the tournament, he had even announced his own celebration of "JLingz" goals.
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But he hopes that the fun can really serve to inspire the next generation of young players.
"It's a new generation, you know your limits, you know the young fans who watch and admire me," he said.
"I could just inspire one or two people to go play football, to see them dancing, you know it's good to make kids active.
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"You know that most kids these days are on their iPad and iPhone, you rarely see kids on the street kicking a football.
"So you have to be this source of inspiration so that young people can play football and play sports."
United goes to Fulham on Saturday, live Sky sports, where a win could see them jump Chelsea, fourth in the standings, who will face Manchester City 24 hours later.
Jesse Lingard spoke at the launch of the Coca-Cola and Premier League campaign, "Where Everyone Plays", and appears in the new television ad as Coca-Cola's new ambbadador. Watch the entire movie here.
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