17 things we loved this weekend: Van Dijk, Neuer, Messi, Klich & more
Bayern Munich completed a second treble in seven years with their tense 1-0 victory over PSG in the Champions League final on Sunday evening.
Elsewhere, Liverpool seemed to be living their best life on their pre-season trip to Austria, and a number of players we’d never heard of scored absolute screamers.
We’ve rounded up the best of the action on and off the field this weekend.
Bayern Munich
A ridiculous achievement.
100% – FC Bayern München are the first side in European Cup/Champions League history to win 100% of their games in a single campaign en route to lifting the trophy (11 wins). Flawless. #PSGFCB #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/taT6pn23Ik
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 23, 2020
Manuel Neuer
He wasn’t going to be beaten.
Angel Di Maria
Giving Alphonso Davies a taste of his own medicine.
Marseille
This is what football is all about.
Marseille erupts as PSG lose the Champions’ League final: “Where are all the Parisians now?” pic.twitter.com/YGrr0ihBOv
— Get French Football News (@GFFN) August 23, 2020
Roberto Firmino
This is so, so good.
Bobby 😱🤩#LFCPreSeason pic.twitter.com/5LNeVZCzt6
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 21, 2020
James Milner
Welcome to Liverpool, Kostas.
James Milner: “Kostas, fucking hell!”
Welcome to Liverpool 🤣 pic.twitter.com/sqXMkXBEUE
— Anfield Watch (@AnfieldWatch) August 22, 2020
Virgil van Dijk
“Unlucky, lad!”
Fire in the boots! 🔥😄 pic.twitter.com/Im8WsVKXng
— Virgil van Dijk (@VirgilvDijk) August 21, 2020
Lionel Messi
Siempre Messi.
A former Rosario Football Association employee has taken it upon himself to track down all the goals Messi scored for Newell's between the age of 6 and 12. The answer: 234 in 176 games. https://t.co/YEsbGdsga3
— Daniel Edwards 💚 (@DanEdwardsGoal) August 23, 2020
Alessandro Diamanti
Yes, that one. No, we had no idea he was playing in Australia either.
Damir Kreilach
A lot to enjoy about this.
Thibo Somers
Overhead kicks are always good.
Nikola Mitrovic
The Serbian second tier is where it’s at.
Great goal scored in Serbian first league by Nikola Mitrović(FK Železničar) from r/soccer
Thomas Deng
Fair play to all these players we’ve never heard of scoring brilliant goals.
Pedro Raul
And another.
Gael Kakuta
This is nice.
Gael Kakuta …. merci au revoir ACM #OGCNRCL #TOTALREGAL pic.twitter.com/x2LamTnr6J
— Dzair Compilation (@DzairCompi) August 23, 2020
Mateusz Klich
The Premier League’s newest hipster channelled his inner-Banksy at Elland Road.
This tweet
Good work, Gaz.
Worst Harry Potter spin-off ever https://t.co/2TW0NAcCwb
— Gaz (@CantonaManc) August 23, 2020
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