18 things we loved this weekend: Mejbri, Smith Rowe, Matip, Vela & more

Planet Football • 19 Jul 2021

While the Euros and Copa America may have come to an end, there was still plenty of football to keep us entertained over the weekend.

Premier League sides Manchester United and Arsenal have already started their pre-season campaigns, while the MLS season is well underway.

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

The England players

Kyle Walker is having the time of his life in Greece.

🎥 Luke Shaw, Mason Mount, Declan Rice & Kyle Walker all enjoying some time off in Mykonos 😂 [via @teamshaw_23] https://t.co/U2NiEk1KV6

— UtdDistrict (@UtdDistrict) July 17, 2021

Anderson

We can all relate to this.

Rafael da Silva: "We could be on the team coach and pass the services on the motorway and Anderson would jump up impulsively and yell 'McDonald's, McDonald's'." #mulive [mirror]

— utdreport (@utdreport) July 18, 2021

Joel Matip

We need Jurgen Klopp to start playing Matip up front for Liverpool.

Joel's goals 😍⚽️ #LFCPreSeason pic.twitter.com/d5QKcSGNTp

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 16, 2021

Emile Smith Rowe

Smith Rowe is quickly becoming one of Arsenal’s most important players.

That run from Emile Smith Rowe 😍

That miss from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 😬

[@TheAFCnewsroom] #afc pic.twitter.com/4IV5f2ABn6

— afcstuff (@afcstuff) July 17, 2021

Nuno Tavares

Not a bad way to mark your first game in an Arsenal shirt.

Nuno Tavares scores to bring it level at 1-1! #afc pic.twitter.com/evHeMWsgin

— DailyAFC (@DailyAFC) July 17, 2021

Hannibal Mejbri

It’s easy to see why Manchester United fans are excited about Mejbri.

Mark Uth

Uth has clearly started to embrace his inner Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

How did Mark Uth score that? 😳 Incredible volley in FC Köln's 3-2 friendly win over Bayern Munich yesterday. pic.twitter.com/g2V0k6fIbU

— Get German Football News (@GGFN_) July 18, 2021

Charlie Mulgrew

One of the best free-kick routines we’ve seen in a long time.

Charlie Mulgrew with the maverick free-kick routine and goal for Dundee United pic.twitter.com/NTewHkzcKS

— James Dart (@James_Dart) July 17, 2021

Carlos Vela

Vela continues to tear it up in the MLS.

Carlos. Vela. Golazo. 😱

That's the tweet. pic.twitter.com/U8k4fp6v2Y

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) July 18, 2021

Nicolay Solberg

That’s Fredrikstad’s Goal of the Season award wrapped up nice and early.

https://twitter.com/NORftbl/status/1416751949895057411

Tomoya Koyamatsu

A goal that Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona would be proud of.

https://twitter.com/QuanTue/status/1416758942227595264

Thomas Partey

You can only admire the shithousery from the Arsenal midfielder.

The guy in the Tottenham shirt 😂 pic.twitter.com/eJ9Dw86E5U

— DailyAFC (@DailyAFC) July 17, 2021

Jason Sudeikis

Anyone know where we can get one of these?

Nothing but respect for Jason Sudeikis' choice of attire at the Ted Lasso season two premiere pic.twitter.com/NSte3UQAof

— COPA90 (@Copa90) July 16, 2021

This red card

You don’t see this happening very often.

You've seen players get red cards…

You've seen managers sent to the stands…

San Jose Earthquakes coach Matias Almeyda's TRANSLATOR was sent off last night 🟥pic.twitter.com/Zq6HNI8qW7

— GOAL (@goal) July 18, 2021