17 things we loved this weekend: Lukaku, Mane, Pogba, Chilwell, Ceballos

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Planet Football
22nd June 2020

Football in England returned this weekend and, true to form, none of the teams we support managed to win. It’s good to have you back, old friend.

Despite the personal misfortune of watching our own clubs, this is the happiest we’ve felt in months. The goals below will go a long way to explaining why.

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

Goncalo Guedes

Makes this look far too easy.

A PHENOMENAL individual effort from Gonçalo Guedes! 🙌

Takes it from halfway, beats four players and then the keeper! 😱

After they had an early goal disallowed Valencia now have their lead 🦇 pic.twitter.com/HpUEpYrcNF

— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) June 21, 2020

Pedri

Berbatov, eat yer heart out.

pic.twitter.com/TfJxZtYdAT

— 123 (@VB_1233videos) June 20, 2020

Mathias Jensen

Oh, mate.

𝘈𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮#BrentfordFC pic.twitter.com/9MNT6zqxO3

— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) June 21, 2020

Sadio Mane

Too eager, Sadio.

look at mane running down the wing 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/8NQQV4wgpj

— harry (@EdgyEduardoV6) June 21, 2020

Jules Kounde

The old FIFA trick.

One man lying behind the wall, another sprinting back to the goal line 👀

These are the precautions that need to be taken when Messi steps up for a free kick 🤷‍♂

And they worked for Sevilla this time! 👏 pic.twitter.com/q0uc77xV8N

— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) June 19, 2020

Oscar Rodriquez

A silly goal.

“It’s too far out for a shot, even for Óscar…”pic.twitter.com/jWVFxlotvi

— Scouted Football (@ScoutedFtbl) June 19, 2020

Paul Pogba

What a pass.

Roy Keane

Is being a pundit good for his health?

We're just gonna sit and watch Roy Keane going in on David De Gea on a loop to remind us that football really IS back 🙃 pic.twitter.com/j78LbHYoRJ

— Soccer AM (@SoccerAM) June 19, 2020

Ben Chilwell

Good lord.

Oh my, Ben Chilwell! 😱

A great strike from the England full-back. Ben Foster didn't have a chance!#PLReturns pic.twitter.com/4NKYvjKgGm

— The Premier League is BACK on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) June 20, 2020

Craig Dawson

Things we didn’t expect to see.

That's a centre-back! 🤯

Craig Dawson with the stoppage time overhead kick 🔥#PLReturns pic.twitter.com/Tnkm3fLMDu

— The Premier League is BACK on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) June 20, 2020

Romelu Lukaku

A very nice goal, a very good celebration.

Lukaku and Eriksen combine and the Belgian puts Inter in front! 🔵⚫

A great move from Conte's side 👏 pic.twitter.com/8J2hsrsIxB

— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) June 21, 2020

Robert Lewandowski

His numbers are getting sillier and sillier.

Robert Lewandowski is the first non-German player to score more than 31 goals in a single Bundesliga season 🇵🇱🔥 pic.twitter.com/7iGdAyNiSI

— B/R Football (@brfootball) June 20, 2020

Rafinha

Beautiful.

A picture perfect curler from Rafinha! 😍

And a minute later he added another one 😱

A rampant Celta are 4-0 up before half time at Balaídos and playing with a man advantage against Alaves 👀 pic.twitter.com/XDSlnoyHMn

— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) June 21, 2020

Denis Popov

A big weekend for the teenager.

🇷🇺 17-year-old goalkeeper, Denis Popov is the hero of FC Rostov.

MOTM in a Russian Premier League game where his side lost 10-1.

Forced to play their U17 side with main stars in quarantine, Popov made 15 saves including this pen.🔥

🎥: @premierliga_en pic.twitter.com/qCocl78Waw

— FotMob (@FotMob) June 19, 2020

Dani Ceballos

Genuinely impressive.

Possibly the best dummy of all time pic.twitter.com/UCU5bO0VOg

— David Bevan (@db_writing) June 20, 2020

Samuel Di Carimine

We can’t begin to tell you just how much we love seeing goals being scored again.

What a hit from Di Carmine! 🚀

That's a quickfire brace from him, and Verona are in complete control now 🔥 pic.twitter.com/PslRDJRNiE

— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) June 20, 2020

Dodi Lukebakio

Eerily reminiscent of Dirk Kuyt stealing Luis Suarez’s wondergoal against Manchester United.

The biggest STEAL in the history of football. Look what happened to poor Piatek in the game vs Leverkusen! pic.twitter.com/BGZAMp4J5I

— Emanuel Roşu (@Emishor) June 20, 2020