17 things we loved this weekend: Lukaku, Mane, Pogba, Chilwell, Ceballos
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 Gonรงalo Guedes! ๐
Takes it from halfway, beats four players and then the keeper! ๐ฑ
After they had an early goal disallowed Valencia now have their lead ๐ฆ pic.twitter.com/HpUEpYrcNF
— Premier Sports ๐บ (@PremierSportsTV) June 21, 2020
Pedri
Berbatov, eat yer heart out.
— 123 (@VB_1233videos) June 20, 2020
Mathias Jensen
Oh, mate.
๐๐ฃ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ#BrentfordFC pic.twitter.com/9MNT6zqxO3
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) June 21, 2020
Sadio Mane
Too eager, Sadio.
look at mane running down the wing ๐ญ๐ญ 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 ๐
These are the precautions that need to be taken when Messi steps up for a free kick ๐คทโโ
And they worked for Sevilla this time! ๐ pic.twitter.com/q0uc77xV8N
— Premier Sports ๐บ (@PremierSportsTV) June 19, 2020
Oscar Rodriquezย
A silly goal.
โItโs too far out for a shot, even for รscar…โpic.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 ๐ pic.twitter.com/j78LbHYoRJ
— Soccer AM (@SoccerAM) June 19, 2020
Ben Chilwell
Good lord.
Oh my, Ben Chilwell! ๐ฑ
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! ๐คฏ
Craig Dawson with the stoppage time overhead kick ๐ฅ#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! ๐ตโซ
A great move from Conte's side ๐ pic.twitter.com/8J2hsrsIxB
— Premier Sports ๐บ (@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 ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฅ pic.twitter.com/7iGdAyNiSI
— B/R Football (@brfootball) June 20, 2020
Rafinha
Beautiful.
A picture perfect curler from Rafinha! ๐
And a minute later he added another one ๐ฑ
A rampant Celta are 4-0 up before half time at Balaรญdos and playing with a man advantage against Alaves ๐ pic.twitter.com/XDSlnoyHMn
— Premier Sports ๐บ (@PremierSportsTV) June 21, 2020
Denis Popov
A big weekend for the teenager.
๐ท๐บ 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.๐ฅ
๐ฅ: @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! ๐
That's a quickfire brace from him, and Verona are in complete control now ๐ฅ pic.twitter.com/PslRDJRNiE
— Premier Sports ๐บ (@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 Roลu (@Emishor) June 20, 2020
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