19 things we loved this weekend: Rashford, Odegaard, Ramsdale…
This weekend saw the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 as the Premier League provided plenty of seasonal thrills and spills to keep us all entertained.
After both Manchester City and Newcastle dropped points, Arsenal opened up a seven-point gap at the top with an exciting victory over Brighton.
Elsewhere, Leicester City’s Wout Faes stuck two worldies into his own net while Marcus Rashford rose from the bench to become Manchester United’s match-winner.
Leagues across Europe also rose from their World Cup slumber, with one poor La Liga striker providing one of the worst misses we’ve ever seen. Ever.
We’ve collected together 19 things that made our hearts swoon over the past few days.
Martin Odegaard
Just look at the state of this pass.
This angle of Odegaard's assist is so good, Lamptey nearly passed out tryna catch up with Martinelli.๐ญ๐ pic.twitter.com/2iw7Arj5Vs
— F R E D (@AFCFrediNho) December 31, 2022
Aaron Ramsdale
This kind of reaction is meat and drink to Ramsdale.
Aaron Ramsdale loving it as Brighton fans behind his goal hurl abuse at him during Arsenalโs win yesterday.
Typical @AaronRamsdale98. ๐โค๏ธ #afc pic.twitter.com/FjrZDlBJOl
— afcstuff (@afcstuff) January 1, 2023
Edu
Starting 2023 right.
๐๐๐ pic.twitter.com/sYYa9sM1gi
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) January 1, 2023
Arsenal’s start
Bang on course for their first league title since 2004.
5 – Arsenal are just the fifth side in English top-flight history to pick up as many as 43 points from the first 16 games in a season (3 pts for a win) after Tottenham (1960-61), Chelsea (2005-06), Man City (2017-18) and Liverpool (2019-20). Pacesetters. pic.twitter.com/y1GYJRQ7IJ
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 31, 2022
Marcus Rashford
From oversleeping to keeping United in the hunt for Champions League football…
โฝ 65 goals
๐ ฐ๏ธ 35 assistsMarcus Rashford makes it 100 goal involvements in the Premier League ๐ซ pic.twitter.com/cQEBFEIPdJ
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) December 31, 2022
Erling Haaland
We don’t condone violence but seeing Haaland protest this decision made us chuckle.
— Footy Lover (@FootyLover3) December 31, 2022
Haaland v Godfrey
No wonder Haaland was wound up if this battle is anything to go by.
— James John (@JamesJohn2427) January 1, 2023
Wout Faes
No wonder The Kop spent the second half of this game shouting ‘SHOOT’ whenever Faes got the ball…
Nรบรฑez hits the post only for Wout Faes to slot in his second OG of the evening! ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ pic.twitter.com/WF7TckG4ZI
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 30, 2022
Bruno Guimaraes
A fitting tribute to the great Pele.
Newcastle's Bruno Guimaraes paid a special tribute to Pele ๐ pic.twitter.com/0lswM8xZsO
— DAZN Football (@DAZNFootball) December 31, 2022
Leeds United
Wonderful shithousery from Leeds to secure an away point at St James’ Park.
Leeds United in the mismatched home/away kit engaging in some low level bad behaviour. This is football heritage. pic.twitter.com/gUz2HmxdxS
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) January 1, 2023
Vinicius Jr
The Real Madrid man is continuing to call out the racists.
๐จ Vini Jr. statement on IG. pic.twitter.com/QQcsMmUY2G
— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) December 31, 2022
Scott Parker
Parker will manage in the Champions League in 2023.
Welcome, Scott Parker! ๐
De Engelsman werd zonet aangesteld als onze nieuwe hoofdcoach.
— Club Brugge KV (@ClubBrugge) December 31, 2022
David de Gea
The Manchester United goalkeeper made a match-winning save at Molineux.
The Reaction of Wolves Fans when @D_DeGea made the last minute save. pic.twitter.com/aMTovJH1AA
— Hassan (@ddegea_szn) December 31, 2022
Unai Emery
Making an instant impact at Aston Villa.
2 – Unai Emery has won three of his first four Premier League games as Aston Villa manager, while he has become the first Villa boss to win his first two away games in charge in the competition since John Gregory in March 1998. Foundation. pic.twitter.com/1hxaKFdzNg
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 1, 2023
Gerard Moreno
A late contender for the miss of 2022.
NO SE PUEDE CREER
El increรญble gol que se le escapรณ a Gerard Moreno. #LaCasaDelFรบtbol pic.twitter.com/FcbZPxgFh8— Fรบtbol en Movistar Plus+ (@MovistarFutbol) December 31, 2022
Aleksandr Golovin
Stupendous stuff from the Monaco midfielder.
Such a casual worldie from Aleksandr Golovin ๐ฎโ๐จ
Made that look so easy ๐คฉ pic.twitter.com/4zDcmDhQml
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) January 1, 2023
Cadete
Crikey.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐คค
Cadete levels it in fine fashion ๐ช๐ธ
Catch all the action LIVE on @ParamountPlusAU & 10BOLD ๐บ
Follow Live: https://t.co/dW6TQDqyVT#CCMvMVC #WeAreALeagues pic.twitter.com/Y67UDr17mV
— Isuzu UTE A-League (@aleaguemen) December 31, 2022
2022 tribute
The excellent Twitter account ‘Bryan’s Gunn’ paid tribute to all those the footballing world lost in 2022. We recommend you watch it.
A few of the many the football world lost in 2022 pic.twitter.com/lFCS3xne6s
— Bryanโs Gunn (@bryansgunn) December 31, 2022
Pep Guardiola
We can’t get enough of his weirdness.
What a year it's been! We can't wait to see what 2023 has in store! ๐
Like Pep said, "let's see what happens, and happy New Year!" ๐#BestOf2022pic.twitter.com/oNiZyUbeOJ
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) January 1, 2023
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