19 things we loved this weekend: Aubameyang, Salah, Fati, Martinez

Planet Football 27 Sep 2021

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates after scoring against Tottenham. Emirates, September 2021.

After a difficult start to the season, Arsenal earned plenty of plaudits for their 3-1 win over north London rivals Tottenham at the weekend.

Elsewhere, Ansu Fati returned to the Barcelona team after 10 months on the sidelines and showed why he’s been given the No.10 shirt.

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

Ian Wright

It’s fair to say that Wright enjoyed Arsenal’s win over Tottenham.

😁😁😁😁😁😁 pic.twitter.com/24c0DTVCSm

— Ian Wright (@IanWright0) September 26, 2021

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Arsenal No.14s really love scoring against Spurs.

Homage to Henry. @Auba #AFC pic.twitter.com/rvKfHAYrZB

— Players' Tribune Football (@TPTFootball) September 26, 2021

N’Golo Kante

Is there anything Kante can’t do?

The N'Golo Kanté body feint ☠️

Rodri was left reeling… pic.twitter.com/AnCXkRldkf

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 25, 2021

Mo Salah

Salah’s numbers really are incredible.

100 – Mohamed Salah has scored 100 goals in 151 Premier League games for Liverpool, reaching 100 top-flight goals in fewer appearances than any other player in Liverpool’s history. Iconic. pic.twitter.com/6KMSbJlSKo

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) September 25, 2021

Thomas Frank & Jurgen Klopp

The six-goal thriller is an early contender for game of the season.

Thomas Frank and Jurgen Klopp are all of us right now watching this Brentford-Liverpool match 🤯🤣 https://t.co/n7t9OrEbMn

— DAZN Canada (@DAZN_CA) September 25, 2021

Chelsea

Our favourite stat of the season so far.

Chelsea have conceded 2 goals this season.
1 from Jesus. 1 from Mohammed. pic.twitter.com/apl2bzw1zt

— Sir Teddy (@SirTeddy_) September 26, 2021

Raphinha

The Leeds forward could nutmeg a mermaid.

pic.twitter.com/ltgdf7oMMz

— Matt (@_mattf7) September 25, 2021

Emiliano Martinez

Martinez is an absolutely world-class shithouse.

Absolutely love the fact that Emiliano Martinez always finds a way to bring his penalty shithousery into the mix, just like in Copa América against Colombia.

Here, he’s seen gesturing towards CR7 to take it when Bruno had the ball in hand. Love it 😂 pic.twitter.com/qV1IHf45vc

— EiF (@EiFSoccer) September 25, 2021

Neymar

The Brazil international makes this look so easy.

Textbook Neymar. 😎 pic.twitter.com/Qq0hojryIi

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 25, 2021

Ansu Fati

Barcelona’s new No.10 has picked up where he left off.

https://twitter.com/PremierSportsTV/status/1442160590479249409

Mattia Destro

We’ve never seen anything like this before.

Mattia Destro scored the 3-2 goal for Genoa in the 85’ with a water bottle in his hands 😂

“At the end of the match I was so tired, I was cramping up. I was drinking water and didn’t know where to throw the bottle so I decided to just keep it” pic.twitter.com/gcVMNUWQVS

— Italian Football TV (@IFTVofficial) September 25, 2021

Davide Calabria

Calabria saved his team-mate from a booking.

Brahim Diaz tried to take his shirt off but Calabria said nope 😂 pic.twitter.com/QaMiBqBZrY

— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) September 25, 2021

Daniel Maldini

He is now the third Maldini to score for AC Milan in Serie A.

One of Italian football’s most famous names! 🇮🇹

Paolo Maldini’s son Daniel scores on his first league start for AC Milan.

Look at Paolo's reaction! 🤗 pic.twitter.com/9ieHdB1qNI

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 25, 2021

Pedro

The Lazio forward scored against Roma but this was our favourite moment of the game.

"ℳ𝒾 𝓈𝑜𝓃𝑜 𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒶 𝓈𝑒𝒹𝓊𝓉𝒶 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒 𝒹𝒾 𝒫𝑒𝒹𝓇𝑜, 𝒫𝑒𝒹𝓇𝑜, 𝒫𝑒𝒹𝓇𝑜 𝒹𝒾 𝒮𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒶 ℱ𝑒̀
ℳ𝒾 𝒽𝒶 𝓈𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓋𝑜𝓁𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑒 𝓋𝒶𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓏𝑒, 𝓂'𝒽𝒶 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓉𝒶
𝒩𝑜𝓃 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓈𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶 𝒫𝑒𝒹𝓇𝑜 𝒫𝑒̀" pic.twitter.com/Jt8Cn5HYpb

— S.S.Lazio (@OfficialSSLazio) September 27, 2021

Macauley Bonne

He’s behind you!

👻 Ghost mode activated, @MBonne9 #itfc #TikTok pic.twitter.com/usHXqU7GG7

— Ipswich Town (@IpswichTown) September 26, 2021

Fulham

A wonderful gesture from the Fulham players.

Incredible: Fulham players climb into crowd to celebrate goal with 13-Year Old fan Rhys Porter who has cerebral palsy and suffered savage online abuse after posting footage of himself playing football. Beautiful moment of empathy and human kindness 🙌 pic.twitter.com/mf0Dq33fII

— roger bennett (@rogbennett) September 25, 2021

Dimitri Payet

What a strike.

You know the story 😌

Free-kick on the edge of the box, Dimitri Payet standing over it, the rest writes itself 🤗

One of THE VERY BEST over a dead ball 👏 pic.twitter.com/hegkPvoVwj

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 26, 2021

Allan Saint-Maximin

Saint-Maximin continues to entertain on and off the pitch.

Can you explain me @EASPORTSFIFA why did you give me 91 pace and 99 pace to Steve Bruce ? https://t.co/ni6xbPtbwq

— Allan Saint-Maximin (@asaintmaximin) September 26, 2021