Pellistri's 892-day wait for a first United start ended in the Europa League round-of-16 win against Real Betis in Seville, where he played the full 90 minutes.
Prior to his promotion, the 21-year-old had only made six cameo appearances - all of them this calendar year - having arrived from Penarol in a £9million deal on transfer deadline day in October 2020.
"I'm really happy," Pellistri said. "I really work for this moment, luckily we could win. It was our mission. We came here to win, we could win. "The manager really trusts me, so
I felt that confidence from him. He told me to run behind, to get the ball and enjoy, enjoy the moment.
"And of course, we came here to win. We really liked the long balls in the second half. Marcus could score there and we took the win.
"Hopefully it's the start of this. Of course, I'm hungry. A lot of players in the group are really hungry, we have one amazing group. We all push to the same side. Hopefully, in the end of the season, we can win a lot of trophies."
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