17 things we loved this weekend: Firmino, Mertens, Rashford, Messi…

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Planet Football
15th June 2020

English football geared up for its return this weekend as the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United played friendlies ahead of the Premier League’s restart.

Elsewhere, La Liga returned in Spain and Italy welcomed the resumption of the Coppa Italia.

We’ve rounded up the best of the action on and off the pitch.

Toni Kroos

He makes that look far too easy.

What a BEAUTY from Toni Kroos! 😍

How about that technique from the German? 👏

A perfect start for Madrid ⚪ pic.twitter.com/Pli2Xm6CYZ

— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) June 14, 2020

Dries Mertens

The forward has written his name into Napoli’s history books.

Record unlocked 🔓

Dries Mertens has become Napoli's record scorer with 1️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ goals! 👏👏👏

🔥 Counter-attack! pic.twitter.com/WrStbukn3R

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) June 13, 2020

Can Bozdogan

Spare a thought for that defender.

How's your touch? 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/Q50zqZhLkS

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) June 14, 2020

Marcus Rashford

Has he been watching Dimitar Berbatov?

Now you see him, now you don’t 💨 @MarcusRashford pic.twitter.com/VCenOgWVKE

— utdreport (@utdreport) June 12, 2020

Lucien Favre

We’ve all been there.

Borussia Dortmund manager Lucien Favre injured himself celebrating Erling Haaland's 95th-minute winner 😂 pic.twitter.com/yMLsEidrOM

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) June 13, 2020

Roberto Firmino

You still can’t get the ball off him.

Si Señor 😍 pic.twitter.com/wjWB1hmGdY

— Liverpool FC (at 🏠) (@LFC) June 13, 2020

Daichi Kamada

Goal of the weekend?

Stop that, Kamada! 🤩

The Japanese international destroyed the Hertha defence there 👏

A tidy finish to match, too! pic.twitter.com/QZDjtPKkv5

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) June 13, 2020

Lionel Messi

Some things never change.

This nutmeg by Messi 😍😂 pic.twitter.com/YTU0iovbDz

— Sal (@fcb_sal) June 13, 2020

Christian Eriksen

This is what happens when he manages to beat the first man.

Christian Eriksen has just scored directly from a corner 🎯

It's not often you see that!

Inter lead Napoli 1-0 on the night and the scores are level on aggregate. Game on! 👊 pic.twitter.com/24XTeuIAsw

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) June 13, 2020

Pedro

Wasn’t even sure he had a left foot.

.@_Pedro17_ v Reading at Cobham… 👌 pic.twitter.com/IYhcFk6gwM

— Chelsea FC (at 🏡) (@ChelseaFC) June 13, 2020

Mexico

Thankfully the keeper didn’t save it.

16 year old boy murdered in Mexico. His teammates took him to where they used to play football. And let him score, one last time. Never seen something like this. https://t.co/omrYbiwgOZ

— Alex Stone (@AlexStone7) June 12, 2020

Arsenal

Important words from some of Arsenal’s main men.

Prince William channeling his inner Jorge Mendes and trying to recruit Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for @AVFCOfficial ! More seriously, great work by @KensingtonRoyal and @arsenal on mental health. @HeadsUp pic.twitter.com/TPBWBCpxFb

— Julien Laurens (@LaurensJulien) June 11, 2020

Diego Costa

An excellent gesture.

Diego Costa celebrated by holding up the shirt of Atletico Madrid Femenino player Virginia Torrecilla, who had a brain tumour removed in May 👕pic.twitter.com/jIk4Y2g7qX

— Goal (@goal) June 14, 2020

Serie A

Never change.

Nigel De Jong would be proud of this one 🥋

Ronaldo misses a penalty and 6 seconds later Rebic decides to Kung Fu kick Danilo 😂

🎥 –@btsportfootball

pic.twitter.com/SmJWENZSs1

— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) June 12, 2020

Naby Keita

Will we finally get to see him at his best?

Naby is everywhere 🌪️ pic.twitter.com/YFng9LctNA

— Liverpool FC (at 🏠) (@LFC) June 13, 2020

Martin Braithwaite

A classic Jolly stat.

No players have scored for both Barcelona and Real Madrid in the last decade. Two (Adama Traore and Martin Braithwaite) have scored for both Barcelona and Middlesbrough in that time.

— Richard Jolly (@RichJolly) June 13, 2020