17 things we loved this weekend: Keita, Ronaldo, Haaland, Ramsdale & more
The football world led the tributes to Jimmy Greaves following the Tottenham and Chelsea icon’s death this weekend.
Elsewhere, Manchester United needed a late penalty save from David de Gea to beat West Ham and Lionel Messi made his home debut for PSG.
We’ve rounded up the best of the action on and off the field.
Jimmy Greaves
A wonderful tribute for a football legend.
🤍 💙 A great tribute to the late Jimmy Greaves before Tottenham vs Chelsea kicks off pic.twitter.com/dlhq2czNQr
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) September 19, 2021
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo wasn’t a fan of Jesse Lingard’s respectful celebration.
https://twitter.com/xx_novio/status/1439607066881048579
Naby Keita
Keita did his best Eric Cantona impression after scoring against Palace.
Fifa needs to add this cold Keita celebration pic.twitter.com/fSegMArLFK
— SZOB STORY (@LFC_TIL_THE_END) September 18, 2021
James Milner
Milner couldn’t resist aiming a dig at his team-mate.
https://twitter.com/AnfieldWatch/status/1439289331601051648
Aaron Ramsdale
A class gesture from the Arsenal goalkeeper.
❤️ Some moments just mean more…
Wholesome content right here from @AaronRamsdale98 ☺️👇 pic.twitter.com/CKsn4LUNJJ
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) September 19, 2021
Allan Saint-Maximin
Saint-Maximin has been one of the few positives for Newcastle lately,
Sometimes people forget why they started to love football, I never will, thank you for the love lads ❤️ pic.twitter.com/p0BPTlbSOk
— Allan Saint-Maximin (@asaintmaximin) September 18, 2021
Jurgen Klopp
We wouldn’t have been surprised if Klopp did copy Mo Salah’s celebration.
Never say I don’t ask the searching questions… 👕 #LFC #LFCTV pic.twitter.com/xlbZeYbtFD
— Peter McDowall (@Petermcdowall10) September 19, 2021
Hwang Hee-Chan
Wolves should’ve been awarded the three points for this filthy piece of skill
Hwang Hee-Chan with one of the nutmegs of the season 🤯 pic.twitter.com/O4ypCAVIqh
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 18, 2021
Raul Jimenez
Jimenez should probably leave the tricks to Hee-Chan.
Shades of David Dunn about this effort from Raul Jimenez… 😬 pic.twitter.com/ckqp7lSMNs
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 18, 2021
Troy Deeney
We can’t say that we’d do the same.
🗣 Troy Deeney on Manchester United players following Ronaldo's eating habits:
"If I saw Ronaldo eating horsesh*t for a pre-match meal, I’d eat horsesh*t too!" pic.twitter.com/OWRYN7vANB
— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) September 18, 2021
Erling Haaland
Haaland has now scored 68 goals in 67 games for Borussia Dortmund.
Speechless. 😱 @ErlingHaaland #BVBFCU pic.twitter.com/rdswc7SICG
— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) September 19, 2021
Joe Gelhardt
Gelhardt is tipped for a bright future at Leeds and it’s not hard to see why.
🚀Joe Gelhardt, take a bow!👏#LUFCU23s | #LUFC
— LUFC Youth (@leedsutdacademy) September 19, 2021
Adnan Januzaj
Admittedly, he lost the ball straight away but this is still wonderful.
Filthy from @adnanjanuzaj! 🤤
📺 #LaLigaTV
⚔️ #RealSociedadSevillaFC pic.twitter.com/1IknEc6Fj9— LALIGA TV (@LaLigaTV) September 19, 2021
Lorenzo Pellegrini
Pellegrini is having a brilliant start to the season under Jose Mourinho.
Bellissimo Lorenzo!!! 🤩👏👏
Sensational flick at the near post!
Beautiful goal 🥰 pic.twitter.com/DC8WemsHFe
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 19, 2021
Davide Faraoni
Faraoni managed to steal the spotlight from Pellegrini with this strike.
OH MY WORD!! 🤯
Davide Faraoni scores an absolutely obscene volley to put Verona 3-2 up against Mourinho’s Roma. 😅 pic.twitter.com/hDrMu5jTSw
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 19, 2021
Radamel Falcao
Falcao marked his La Liga return with a goal.
FALCAO!!! 🔥
An absolutely lethal finish for a Rayo Vallecano debut goal from the Colombian superstar 💥 pic.twitter.com/jAMGldZiBA
— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) September 18, 2021
Felipe
We’ve watched this on repeat at least 20 times.
Felipe hit this perfectly 🤤
(via @MLS) pic.twitter.com/PJbAsi9uvI
— B/R Football (@brfootball) September 18, 2021
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