19 things we loved this weekend: Rudiger, Guardiola, Kepa, Simons…
The footballing gods treated us to another fine weekend of action as plenty of heavyweight clashes took place across the European continent.
Liverpool shut their critics up with a stirring 1-0 win over Manchester City while Real Madrid won the first Clasico of the season against Xavi’s Barcelona.
And, as usual, there was plenty of amusement elsewhere and we’ve collected 19 things that we loved this weekend.
Virgil van Dijk
Shutting up all the critics with an imperial performance against Manchester City.
Virgil van Dijk has now played 69 Premier League games for Liverpool at Anfield:
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0 defeats. Nice. 👌 pic.twitter.com/tLFPZcej5R
— Squawka (@Squawka) October 16, 2022
Fede Valverde
The Real Madrid man is fast becoming Europe’s best midfielder.
Fede Valverde with a beauty to double Madrid's lead! 🚀
Barcelona had conceded one goal in 8 LaLiga games heading into this one, and they've now conceded two in just 35 minutes of #ElClasico 👀 pic.twitter.com/8EwiDefQcc
— Premier Sports (@PremierSportsTV) October 16, 2022
Antonio Rudiger
The centre-back celebrated victory in El Clasico in characteristic style.
Antonio Rüdiger enjoying himself after Real Madrid's 3-1 win over Barcelona. pic.twitter.com/C84B9fvmI4
— Get Spanish Football News (@GSpanishFN) October 16, 2022
Pep Guardiola
Let it go Pep, let it go…
Pep Guardiola at Anfield is always box office.#LIVMCI pic.twitter.com/0UN18OzhFY
— Planet Football (@planetfutebol) October 16, 2022
Kepa
The Chelsea goalkeeper is fast becoming one of the stories of the season.
An outstanding 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗘 save from Kepa! 👏🧤 pic.twitter.com/e4BR7qENT5
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) October 16, 2022
Hawa Cissokho
A mean left hook from the West Ham Women’s star.
Tyson Fury would've been proud of this jab. pic.twitter.com/HwhHtTrQQj
— Planet Football (@planetfutebol) October 15, 2022
Wolves
Give their social media team a pay rise.
The sort of pettiness we can all get behind from Wolves’ admin. pic.twitter.com/SWnBJQlXB4
— HLTCO (@HLTCO) October 15, 2022
Sheffield United 3-3 Blackpool
Six goals, four red cards and a post-match brawl? Lovely stuff…
"Not the scenes you want to see" ❌
Emotions boiled over at the end of Sheffield United's 3-3 draw against Blackpool 🌡️💥 pic.twitter.com/rEa0d9zlAi
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) October 15, 2022
Hull City
Sensational stuff.
Hull City vs Birmingham City has been delayed because the goals are too big 🥅
They are currently being sawed 2 inches smaller 🤣 pic.twitter.com/fMMoQOdoyE
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) October 16, 2022
Ray Parlour
We want to go for a Cobrabomb with Ray.
We go live to Ray Parlour’s garden as #AFC remain the only team to go a whole Premier League season unbeaten pic.twitter.com/Q0fLKElHoO
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) October 16, 2022
Xavi Simons
The teenager is tearing it up for PSV Eindhoven this season.
Xavi Simons in the Eredivisie this season:
◎ 10 appearances
◉ 8 goals
◉ 3 assistsA goal or an assist every 73 minutes. 🌟 pic.twitter.com/wVCYgk1xOr
— Squawka (@Squawka) October 16, 2022
Malik Tillman
Tillman scored the type of goal everybody dreams of scoring.
Can I just draw your attention to this run and finish from Malik Tillman?
Thanks.
— HLTCO (@HLTCO) October 16, 2022
Edinson Cavani
‘El Matador’ is ageing like the finest of South American wines.
Edinson Cavani is up and running for Valencia after a penalty and a signature header earlier this afternoon! 🦇
The Uruguayan has now scored in LaLiga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Premier League 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ifh6afuQyz
— Premier Sports (@PremierSportsTV) October 15, 2022
Brazilian Serie A
We’ll go out on a limb and say the ‘victim’ has milked any contact here.
Unreal 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/l36maAKl8z
— Joga Bonito (@ufcfooty) October 15, 2022
Gennaro Gattuso
Gattuso showing all the ability that made him a World Cup winner.
There's nothing wrong with Gennaro Gattuso's touch! 👌
The Valencia manager has still got it 🦇 pic.twitter.com/rVsQLxVDlW
— Premier Sports (@PremierSportsTV) October 15, 2022
Ademola Lookman
He’s starting to blossom in Italy.
Ademola Lookman shining in Italy ✨#SerieA pic.twitter.com/MYMICMGuVj
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) October 15, 2022
Halesowen Town
You cannot beat the romance of the FA Cup qualifiers.
Who doesn’t love a last minute winner 💥 @halesowentownfc @jamieinsall1515. You Yeltz 💥 pic.twitter.com/uwBd4Geocy
— Joe (@AvGrant1) October 15, 2022
Nabil Bentaleb
The former Spurs man is enjoying himself with Angers.
Nabil Bentaleb picking his spot to perfection 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/WpfNdIzoOV
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) October 16, 2022
Marcos Lopez
Very cheeky from the Feyenoord defender.
— Out Of Context Football (@nocontextfooty) October 16, 2022
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