13 things we loved this weekend: Higuain, Messi, Neymar, Lacazette…

Planet Football • 23 Sep 2018

Arsenal strikers past and present scored brilliant goals over the weekend – as did plenty of other players around Europe.

Liverpool made it six wins out of six to move two points clear at the top of the Premier League as Chelsea dropped points for the first time, while Manchester City kept up the pace with a statement win at Cardiff City.

Across Europe, meanwhile, there was some sort of goal of the weekend competition going on nobody had told us about.

Gonzalo Higuain

The very definition of making something difficult look easy.

Steven Berghuis

We definitely didn’t love this, but you just have to watch it.

Lionel Messi

This would have been a decent goal. And don’t worry, he scored later.

Cristhian Stuani

Two goals against Barcelona at the Nou Camp, including this. Woof.

Alexandre Lacazette

It’s actually remarkably hard to stop watching this.

https://twitter.com/OptusSport/status/1043898424351907840

John McGinn

If for some inexcusable reason you haven’t seen this yet, you’d better sit down.

https://twitter.com/mattlyynch/status/1043520599258267648

Rui Patricio

This gets better after every replay.

Rui Patricio free kick save vs Fred from r/soccer

Neymar

The four stewards probably weren’t necessary.

Angel Di Maria

The phrase ‘sweet as a nut’ was invented for this goal.

Real Madrid

Liverpool fans won’t want to watch it, but this footage of Real Madrid’s players before and after their Champions League final is pretty cool.

Behind the scenes footage of Real Madrid players, Florentino Perez and Roberto Carlos before and after the CL final. Isco to Roberto Carlos: “Roberto, I want a Copa del Rey now. So many Champions leagues…” from r/soccer

Kylian Mbappé

Game recognises game.

Thanks for this amazing gift, King 👑 @Pele pic.twitter.com/W1sNkXRbym

— Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) September 23, 2018

Watford

The club that can do nothing wrong right now.

It's not a lot, but this has probably made these young kids' day.

💛🖤❤#WatfordFC pic.twitter.com/4WR2LA1heO

— The Hornets' Nest (@hornetsnestwfc) September 22, 2018