15 things we loved this weekend: Ronaldo, De Bruyne, Pogba & more
After 2020 drew to a close, Manchester United and Arsenal both enjoyed a brilliant start to the new year over the weekend.
Elsewhere, Cristiano Ronaldo picked up where he left off last year and Bayer Leverkusen’s Nadiem Amiri scored an early contender for the 2021 Puskas Award.
We’ve rounded up the best of the action on and off the field.
Nadiem Amiri
We’ve not seen a backheel this filthy in the Bundesliga since Grafite was in his pomp at Wolfsburg.
The first touch-nutmeg on the turn was delightful, the back-heel finish was straight-up cheeky 😍
A quite brilliant goal from Leverkusen's Nadiem Amiri! pic.twitter.com/0A6ugd4Gce
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) January 2, 2021
Jamal Lowe
We’ve got a lot of time for this.
Jamal Lowe celebrating in front of Ben Fosters GoPro which he films his YouTube videos on 😭pic.twitter.com/jgLj7ZwDnu
— Football Shithousery (@FootyRustling) January 2, 2021
Paul Pogba
More of this please, Paul.
this is the pogba I know and love pic.twitter.com/gPnKu9yknE
— 💉 (@EberechiSZN) January 1, 2021
Harry Kane
We’re going to stick our necks on the line and say that Harry Kane is good.
🥇 Harry Kane is the first player to reach both 10 goals & 10 assists in the PL this season. He’s achieved this double in the fewest appearances in PL history (16), beating the previous record of Cesc Fabregas (17 for Arsenal in 2009-10) pic.twitter.com/YOvjaA7vCy
— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) January 2, 2021
Kieran Tierney
As he told BT: “A bit of cold weather hurts nobody!”
Shorts ✅
Short sleeves ✅
Socks rolled down ✅The weather's no problem for Kieran Tierney 😂 pic.twitter.com/Vh7zabZfdy
— B/R Football (@brfootball) January 2, 2021
Kevin de Bruyne
The De Bruyne assist-machine just keeps churning out.
Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne hold the joint-record for most assists provided in a Premier League season: 20
Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne now also have the same number of Premier League assists in total: 74
Joint-11th in the competition's all-time list. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/du8aAWnqf5
— William Hill (@WilliamHill) January 3, 2021
Dani Ceballos
Ceballos clearly enjoyed Alexandre Lacazette’s second goal.
— oss (@ossdeux) January 2, 2021
Cristiano Ronaldo
New year, same Ronaldo.
Cristiano Ronaldo with a great opener for Juve! 👏
It's still nearly impossible to stop him when he runs at a defence and gets a sight of goal like that 🔥 pic.twitter.com/U8f30Za0Gk
— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) January 3, 2021
Leroy Sane
This looks pretty familiar…
A̶r̶j̶e̶n̶ ̶R̶o̶b̶b̶e̶n̶ Leroy Sane! 💥🎯
What a strike from the former Man City winger! 🔥
Bayern are back in this 💪 pic.twitter.com/Rc2v4iso61
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) January 3, 2021
Ian Holloway
Fair play, Ollie.
Ian Holloway 😱 🚀pic.twitter.com/YA9kByDqiZ
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) January 2, 2021
This penalty
Can’t tell you how much we wanted him to miss.
This player went to extreme run-up lengths in the All-Japan High School Championship pic.twitter.com/cAIRrYGp3f
— James Dart (@James_Dart) January 1, 2021
Gregor Kobel
You need to watch the replay to truly appreciate this save.
Astonishing save from @VfB's Gregor Kobel to deny Forsberg's penalty! 🤯🙅♂️
Off his boot into the underside of the crossbar… it doesn't get much better than that 👏 pic.twitter.com/yMyGPW5H9w
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) January 2, 2021
Peter Bosz
Excuse me?
Bayer Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz when asked about Karim Bellarabi becoming the 7⃣th father in the squad:
"Yes, it's something we've been practising in training."
😳👀#SGEB04 @bayer04_en pic.twitter.com/jSnLC3Fhuh
— DW Sports (@dw_sports) January 2, 2021
Spartak Moscow
It was worth a shot…
Pain. https://t.co/C0NZW0O4El pic.twitter.com/pNJmUbrXrT
— FC Spartak Moscow (@fcsm_eng) January 2, 2021
Spartak Moscow, again
Give this admin a pay rise.
Dear Chelsea fans,
We’re ready to welcome you.
Kind Regards,
FC Spartak Moscowpic.twitter.com/3sohEfDcns— FC Spartak Moscow (@fcsm_eng) January 3, 2021
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