11 things we loved this weekend: Guardiola, Benzema, Zinchenko…
April has started with managerial sackings, brilliant goals and moments of world-class shithousery as the football season enters the home stretch.
While the sackings of Graham Potter at Chelsea and Brendan Rodgers at Leicester captured the headlines, both Arsenal and Manchester City enjoyed thumping wins to keep the Premier League title challengers neck-and-neck with each other.
Elsewhere, various leagues around Europe and beyond threw up moments that had us smiling from ear to ear.
We’ve collected 11 such nuggets from the weekend’s action.
Pep Guardiola
World-class shithousery from the Manchester City boss.
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) April 1, 2023
Karim Benzema
The man is a phenomenon.
29'—⚽
32'—⚽
36'—⚽KARIM BENZEMA HAT TRICK ⚡ pic.twitter.com/I8ThP9xqlJ
— B/R Football (@brfootball) April 2, 2023
John Stones
They don’t call him the ‘English Beckenbauer’ for nothing.
JOHN STONES! pic.twitter.com/0pnh5rC10i
— 5 (@ibraTPWK) April 1, 2023
Gregor Kobel
Oh dear.
Nightmare 😧
A gift to Bayern Munich from Borussia Dortmund's goalkeeper 🎁 https://t.co/pBfQRdzkOK
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) April 2, 2023
Nathan Redmond
What a spectacular strike.
🇹🇷 The renaissance of Nathan Redmond 🔥 Another remarkable goal for him tonight. Besiktas won 4-2 away to Fenerbahce with the former #SaintsFC winger scoring one and assisting the other three. Not bad seeing he came off the bench 🤯🤯 #besiktas pic.twitter.com/G09LHXu2vp
— English Players Abroad (@EnglishAbroad1) April 2, 2023
Ignacio Fernandez
Wonderful technique from the River Plate man.
¡Golazo de Ignacio Fernández!#River 1 – 0 #Unión#LPF #Fanatiz pic.twitter.com/Glb0GwVip2
— Fanatiz (@Fanatiztv) April 1, 2023
Oleksandr Zinchenko
Cheeky.
— Out Of Context Football (@nocontextfooty) April 2, 2023
Bolton v Plymouth
The pyramid is the greatest strength of English football.
Papa John bringing the numbers 🏆🏟 pic.twitter.com/Nie3zpfRKG
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) April 2, 2023
Katie McCabe
We’ve got this moment on repeat.
Katie McCabe with contender for goal of the season and the proper celebration 😍😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/FQn0Xg4ehd
— The Kim Little Department (@itsallpelova) April 2, 2023
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
What an incredibly sexy free-kick from the Lazio midfielder.
This is a thing of beauty 😍
Milinković-Savić with the perfect free kick to double Lazio's lead… pic.twitter.com/A19poX9Ssf
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 2, 2023
This referee
That’s one way to deal with the crying manbabies you’re in charge of.
Ya se lo cargó el pintor. En un año no lo volveremos a ver. pic.twitter.com/oby5cRDaSZ
— Javier Alarcón (@Javier_Alarcon_) April 2, 2023
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