19 things we loved this weekend: Fernandes, Benzema, Mbappe & more
The war of words between Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after Manchester United‘s 3-1 win over Tottenham caught everybody’s attention this weekend.
Elsewhere, Real Madrid beat Barcelona in an entertaining El Clasico and Inter Milan moved a step closer to ending Juventus’ nine-year stranglehold of the Serie A title.
We’ve rounded up the best of the action on and off the field.
Jose Mourinho
Mourinho vs Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is becoming a very interesting rivalry.
🗣 "Son is very lucky his father is a better person than Ole."
Jose Mourinho is fuming with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's comments at full-time about Son pic.twitter.com/nfK9Gx0ePp
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) April 11, 2021
Roy Keane
Keane is too funny.
🗣️ “I’m led to believe they were caught in a hotel room watching A League of Their Own”
Vintage from Roy Keane on why Maddison, Perez and Choudhury were absent from Leicester’s match-day squad 👏🤣 pic.twitter.com/C9lcPzRzfU
— Soccer AM (@SoccerAM) April 11, 2021
Micah Richards
Richards had to act as the mediator between Keane and Jamie Redknapp.
In the 🔴 corner we’ve got Jamie Redknapp and in the 🔵 corner we’ve got Roy. 🥊 😆
Alongside @DavidJonesSky I’ll make sure order is kept!!!
Going live for today’s triple header on @SkySports at 11am if you want to join us! 📺⚽️ pic.twitter.com/UJMq191uEJ
— Micah Richards (@MicahRichards) April 11, 2021
Mike Phelan
Phelan summed up how we all feel about VAR.
Another fun day in the dugout 😉🤪⚽️⚽️⚽️ pic.twitter.com/3PEM9d92kU
— Mike Phelan (@Mike_Phelan_1) April 11, 2021
Bruno Fernandes
Fernandes sent Erik Lamela to the shops.
Jesse Lingard
Lingard is in the form of his life right now.
Jesse Lingard got his first league minutes on February 3rd.
He already has more goals (8) than:
Manè (7)
Richarlison (6)
Grealish (6)
Foden (6)
Mount (6)
Firmino (6)
Rodriguez (6)
Werner (5)
De Bruyne (5)
Pépé (5) pic.twitter.com/2aB3KvDIKH— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) April 11, 2021
Karim Benzema
We could watch Benzema’s strike on repeat all day.
WHAT A GOAL…KARIM BENZEMA! 😱
A brilliant run by Valverde, Lucas' cross is perfectly judged, and Benzema finishes with an audacious backheel flick at the near post 🔥 pic.twitter.com/EfjcIW0enE
— Viaplay Sports UK (@ViaplaySportsUK) April 10, 2021
Antonio Conte
Inter are on the brink of their first Serie A title since 2010.
Antonio Conte ran over to celebrate with his Inter players after Darmian's crucial goal 😅 pic.twitter.com/e8Ye3NEgAS
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) April 11, 2021
Jude Bellingham
It’s easy to forget he’s still only 17.
Jude Bellingham scores his first goal in the Bundesliga!
Great drive to complete an impressive Dortmund move. pic.twitter.com/Y7CRizJb5I
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 10, 2021
Lionel Messi
What a goal this would’ve been.
Lionel Messi goes inches away from scoring a corner! 😱
The crossbar saves Thibaut Courtois just before half time 😅 pic.twitter.com/4VgvBFPOUb
— Viaplay Sports UK (@ViaplaySportsUK) April 10, 2021
Kylian Mbappe
Mbappe makes this look far too easy.
He really is something else!
Kylian Mbappé nets his 21st Ligue 1 goal of the season from a ridiculously tight angle. pic.twitter.com/5236xPSATa
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 10, 2021
Gabriel Rojas
What a strike.
PUSKAS CONTENDER!
Gabriel Rojas with an outrageous goal in Argentina 😲
(via @marca)pic.twitter.com/WFUjqnwSYM
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) April 10, 2021
Kayky
It’s easy to see why Manchester City have been linked with him.
Remember the name: 17-year-old Kayky 🇧🇷 is going to be a special player. Man City already have him coming to England as soon as he turns 18. People are already calling him the “left-footed Neymar”
— Touchline Takes (@TouchlineTakes) April 11, 2021
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
The goal is decent but this is all about the assist.
Rebic blasts one into the top corner after an exquisite assist from Zlatan! 🤤
Milan take an early lead thanks to a stunning team goal 🔴⚫ pic.twitter.com/BTqfPin2at
— Viaplay Sports UK (@ViaplaySportsUK) April 10, 2021
Stefan Payne
We’re getting Lee Bowyer vs Kieron Dyer flashbacks.
Grimsby’s Stefan Payne sent off for this with teammate Filipe Morais pic.twitter.com/BPf2Stv8Mi
— James Dart (@James_Dart) April 10, 2021
Alfie McCalmont
A strange yet effective free-kick routine.
Oldham’s free kick tactics tonight 😂 pic.twitter.com/4TtxcAdr7h
— Football Shithousery (@FootyRustling) April 9, 2021
Kieran Dowell
Incredible technique from the Norwich midfielder.
Devastating from Dowell! ☄️ pic.twitter.com/hqDVwAj737
— Norwich City FC (@NorwichCityFC) April 10, 2021
Fejsal Mulic
From delight to despair in a matter of seconds.
You can see the exact moment he realised he was going to get a second yellow card for taking his shirt off ☠️
(🎥 via @kleague) pic.twitter.com/yRoFwzbo2s
— B/R Football (@brfootball) April 10, 2021
These pitch invaders
There’s nothing quite like non-league football.
Two pitch invaders at Seaford Town v Mile Oak this afternoon…pic.twitter.com/cdmde3xkLH
— Ollie Bayliss (@Ollie_Bayliss) April 10, 2021
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