13 things we loved this weekend: Fernandes, Haller, Marcelo, Vela…
Watford finally ended Liverpool’s unbeaten run in the Premier League over the weekend, while Manchester City beat Aston Villa in the League Cup final to lift the first domestic silverware of the season.
Lazio moved top of Serie A in Italy, Real Madrid beat Barcelona in Spain to go top of La Liga and Major League Soccer returned in America. Football!
Here is a selection of the things that caught our eye.
Jordan Flores
If this isn’t nominated for the Puskas Award, we’re taking our ball home.
Shamrock Rovers 1-1 Dundalk – Wow! Jordan Flores scores a goal of the season contender to level things at Tallaght. You'll be watching this goal for years to come. #rtesocer pic.twitter.com/tIhtCrKfml
— RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) February 28, 2020
Claudio Bravo
When you need a hero…
Marcelo
Defenders should celebrate all goal-saving tackles like this.
Casemiro
Want to know what it means to win El Clasico?
Casemiro after the final whistle. The passion! from r/realmadrid
Carlos Vela
MLS is back, and so is Carlos Vela.
Saul
Hey Siri, show me a good connection.
Kylian Mbappe
He’s pretty good.
Bruno Fernandes
Sit back and watch his individual highlights from the Everton game. We think we love him.
Sebastien Haller
Tom Victor is going to be begging to write about this today.
Maciej Dabrowski
In this week’s update from Poland, a player breaks his own nose attempting an overhead kick.
Złamać sobie samemu nos kolanem. Tylko w ekstraklasie.#ARKŁKS pic.twitter.com/OZ5Tkwzzkk
— Wojciech Łazarek (@Napciu) March 1, 2020
Alex Tettey
The wholesome content we need on a Monday.
💬 "YESSS!" 👊
Post-match tunnel vibes including when Tetts found out he was named Sky's man-of-the-match! 😂 pic.twitter.com/iAZ9eDfXXL
— Norwich City FC (@NorwichCityFC) February 28, 2020
Luis Diaz
Steady. Composure yourself. Now shoot. Oh FFS.
Luis Diaz (Columbus Crew) with a worst shot of the year candidate from r/MLS
Leeds United
Well this was nice.
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