15 things we loved this weekend: Kante, Toney, Tuchel, Minamino & more
After a season of wall-to-wall football, it was strange having a weekend with only a handful of games, but the few we got didn’t disappoint.
Chelsea and Manchester City played out an enthralling Champions League final in Porto, while we were treated to a pair of entertaining play-off finals at Wembley.
We’ve rounded up the best of the action on and off the field.
Antonio Mateu Lahoz
There’s a reason they call him the Spanish Mike Dean.
Absolutely gorgeous piece of refereeing this. Truly a master of the craft at work. The officiating equivalent of watching Messi in his pomp.
Deserves to go down in the history books.pic.twitter.com/pZcQxJfPt7
— Daniel Austin (@_Dan_Austin) May 29, 2021
Kai Havertz
An unfiltered interview for the occasion.
"To be honest, right now I don't give a **** on that, we won the ******* Champions League!"
Kai Havertz doesn't care about his price tag or the pressure after winning the #UCLfinal
🎙️ @TheDesKelly pic.twitter.com/f5rnRUKeLo
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 29, 2021
N’Golo Kante
What a performance, what a guy.
This is beautiful ❤️
— 🆓🇵🇸 (@PassLikeThiago) May 29, 2021
Kurt Zouma
The kind of team-mate Kante deserves.
Zouma celebrating with Kante 😂#UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/zrIcMKgFrC
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 29, 2021
Thomas Tuchel
After losing the 2020 final, Tuchel definitely made the most of enjoying this one.
Thomas Tuchel 🤣
(🎥: @ChelseaFC)pic.twitter.com/YQnCpSaIm1
— B/R Football (@brfootball) May 29, 2021
Marcos Alonso
The look on his face is hilarious.
Marcos Alonso surprising this exhausted Chelsea fan is amazing 😂
(via @FazHeffernancfc)pic.twitter.com/1Otj6of2dT
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) May 30, 2021
Ivan Toney
He finished the season with 33 goals, but this would’ve been the best of the lot.
"That would have been game over!" ❌
Ivan Toney is inches away from one of *THE* great play-off final goals! 😬
Watch live on Sky Sports Football now: https://t.co/OB3DA9NueH pic.twitter.com/VLJX6Oy0Jd
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) May 29, 2021
Brentford
Welcome to the Premier League.
Thomas Frank gets carried away by the Brentford players during his post-match interview 🤣 👏#EFLPlayOffs #BRESWA pic.twitter.com/L6vrioC8mM
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) May 29, 2021
Antonio Rudiger
We hope developers are working to add this celebration to FIFA.
Joe Cole
Cole couldn’t hide his delight after the full-time whistle.
Joe Cole Is One Of Us🤩[BT] #CFC #UCLFinal pic.twitter.com/assmoEGHUm
— CFCDaily⭐️⭐️ (@CFCDaily) May 30, 2021
Michael Ballack
Ballack only had the Champions League final on his mind.
Michael Ballack has his priorities in order 🤣pic.twitter.com/4H31niXbnl
— Footy (@Footy) May 30, 2021
Blackpool
Those fans deserve something to celebrate.
👌 That’s better.
🍊 #UTMP pic.twitter.com/U1z7a7SsyE
— Blackpool FC (@BlackpoolFC) May 30, 2021
Takumi Minamino
We don’t care who he was playing against, this is beautiful.
🇯🇵Japan 7-0 Myanmar🇲🇲
Today's second goal for Takumi Minamino.
#Japan #Minamino #Taki pic.twitter.com/J28Fd6O7jb
— 🇪🇬 Merseyside's Egypt King 🇪🇬 (@ynwa__mo11) May 28, 2021
Rhys Lovett
The new normal.
Not much to see here…
Just @MUFCYorkRoad goalkeeper Rhys Lovett going up front and GRABBING A GOAL 🥴😂
The Magpies secured a 13th-place finish with a final day victory 📈 pic.twitter.com/N7mZZBoMTE
— The National League (@TheVanaramaNL) May 31, 2021
Vanderson
What is it about Brazilian right-backs and wondergoals?
We're going to go out on a limb here – 19-year-old Gremio right-back Vanderson might be quite good at football.pic.twitter.com/74XKwdcMCk
— Planet Football (@planetfutebol) May 31, 2021
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