17 things we loved this weekend: Coutinho, Rashford, Ramos, Vardy
While the handball rule caused plenty of controversy this weekend, Jamie Vardy stole the show in the Premier League with a hat-trick in Leicester City’s 5-2 win over Manchester City.
Elsewhere, Ansu Fati got Ronald Koeman’s reign at Barcelona off to an excellent start and Marcus Rashford continued to showcase his skills.
We’ve rounded up the best of the action on and off the pitch.
Franck Ribery
Ribery has definitely still got it.
Chiesa makes it 3-2 to Fiorentina! 😲
What an incredible pass that was from Franck Ribery to provide the assist 🤤 pic.twitter.com/90s5dravbk
— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) September 26, 2020
Philippe Coutinho
Even the referee isn’t safe.
Coutinho could nutmeg a mermaid… 😅🥜#BarçaVillarreal pic.twitter.com/tqnU78igH3
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) September 27, 2020
Jamie Vardy
Vardy loves playing against the Premier League’s big six.
Jamie Vardy is the first player EVER to score a hat-trick away from home against a side managed by Pep Guardiola.
Not even Lionel Messi has managed that. 🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/uideV02vRD
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) September 27, 2020
READ: The stats behind Vardy’s sensational record vs the Premier League big six
Ansu Fati
It’s easy to forget that he’s still only 17.
An EMPHATIC finish from Ansu Fati for Barca's first goal of the season! 💥
Just the start Ronald Koeman would have wanted to this one 🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/geR2tfdmpD
— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) September 27, 2020
Sergio Ramos
Anything Neal Maupay can do, Ramos can do better.
A new season, but Sergio Ramos is still just as deadly from the penalty spot 🔥
Cool as you like from the Madrid captain 🥶 pic.twitter.com/1HUYJnEzYT
— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) September 26, 2020
Diego Costa
Costa and Luis Suarez could become an iconic strike partnership.
Diego Costa was asked about his budding partnership with Luis Suárez.
– 'It's really good, one of us bites and the other kicks'. https://t.co/cysM6O01S8— Daniel Edwards 💚 (@DanEdwardsGoal) September 27, 2020
Sergio Reguilon
There’s few things we love more than footballers doing initiation songs.
Sergio Reguilon smashing the traditional new boy sing a song initiation. Spurs' new left-back is certainly a confident young man. pic.twitter.com/bLYpdze5g7
— Alasdair Gold (@AlasdairGold) September 26, 2020
Illan Meslier
The fake fans thought this was in.
⛔️ Massive save from Illan Meslier! ⛔️
The 20-year-old Frenchman denies John Lundstram from close range!
Superb reactions 👏 pic.twitter.com/Fc7Ddi1WDU
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) September 27, 2020
Cheikhou Kouyate
Roy Hodgson will hope he makes Crystal Palace’s game against Chelsea at the weekend.
Guys I think Cheikhou Kouyaté is trapped in my television please help pic.twitter.com/LAGxOcb6Ym
— Tom 🅡osenthal (@rosentweets) September 26, 2020
Steven Fletcher
What a goal this would’ve been.
Inches away from the goal of the century…#EFL | @stokecity pic.twitter.com/QCAQLePbdL
— Sky Bet Championship (@SkyBetChamp) September 27, 2020
Neymar
And what a goal this would have been.
WHAT A GOAL THIS WOULD’VE BEEN BY NEYMAR! 😱🔥 pic.twitter.com/zf4GDf5lEn
— Moleque Neymar (@Neymoleque) September 27, 2020
Oxford United
Football in 2020 summed up nicely.
"That just about sums up 2020…" 😂
The story of why Oxford United players had to arrive via taxi to their game v Accrington today is summed up by Jeff Stelling
📺 Watch Soccer Saturday now on Sky Sports News pic.twitter.com/W5x39kVyDs
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) September 26, 2020
This joke
Well done, Sean.
Sean Dyche’s 400th game as a manager tomorrow, so he’s done 399 post match interviews roughly speaking
— Paul_Ed (@eddo75) September 25, 2020
And this joke
Not so well done, Paolo.
Why is ‘Nazi Germany’ always the go to comparison when someone isn’t happy with their leaders? There are so many other fascist regimes you could use to add a bit of variety to your vitriol, like ‘Franco’s Spain’, or ‘Salazar’s Portugal’ or ‘Di Canio’s Sunderland’.
— Ignacio Lopez (@comedylopez) September 26, 2020
And this stat
Head’s gone.
The season that David Ginola won Footballer of the Year, he did not finally pull clear of Jamie Carragher in the Tottenham league goals scoring chart until 10 May
— Philip Cornwall (@PhilipC365) September 26, 2020
Marcus Rashford
We really, really felt for Ben White after this.
READ: Mothercare beware: Marcus Rashford sold the biggest dummy of the year
Matheus Pereira
Start your week right by watching this on repeat.
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