17 things we loved this weekend: Diaz, Ronaldo, Thiago, Broja & more
All eyes were on Wembley at the weekend as Liverpool and Chelsea both managed to book their place in the 2022 FA Cup final.
Elsewhere, Cristiano Ronaldo continued to make history during Manchester United’s win over Norwich and Rangers beat Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-final.
We’ve rounded up the best of the action on and off the field.
Thiago
Remember when people were doubting Thiago? Don’t they look silly…
Outrageous, @Thiago6 🤯 pic.twitter.com/3yXdXLPXxu
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 17, 2022
Luis Diaz
Luis Diaz is good at football.
OH MY GOD LUIS DIAZ STOP THAT NOW pic.twitter.com/OgKYjeH388
— “ (@LivehpooI) April 16, 2022
Luis Diaz x2
See, we told you.
I LOVE DIAZ😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/I8XDKfw4bt
— Diaz stan (@tashaaa2000) April 16, 2022
Neymar
The Marseille goalkeeper was left in no man’s land.
Simply sublime! 🤩
A perfect cross in behind from Marco Verratti and a stunning improvised volley from Neymar! 💫
Le Classique off to a flyer 🔥 pic.twitter.com/4xL0zjY5Ud
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 17, 2022
Paul Pogba
We would never boo a player that is capable of this.
Wtf pic.twitter.com/HuU8sSxs2w
— Jav🔴 (@jav__2) April 16, 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo
There’s being consistent and then there’s Ronaldo…
👏 @Cristiano has now scored 20+ club goals in all competitions in 16 seasons in a row, dating back to 2006/07#MUNNOR pic.twitter.com/t2hiaOIdHX
— Premier League (@premierleague) April 16, 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo x2
Admittedly, he probably just didn’t have room for another match ball.
Ronaldo gifting his hat-trick ball to Garnacho ❤️ pic.twitter.com/U2TjpcwcDM
— Manchester United (@ManUtds_News) April 16, 2022
Armando Broja
He deserves a chance at Chelsea next season.
Armando Broja casually bullying Arsenal’s defenders🔥pic.twitter.com/7JtqRxJCYU
— Jjuli (@jjuli_007) April 16, 2022
Bruno Guimaraes & Joelinton
The Brazilians are bringing Samba to St James’ Park.
@brunoog97 and Joelinton
🇧🇷😍🇧🇷😍🇧🇷😍🇧🇷😍#NUFC pic.twitter.com/mo2AAanVxW
— ToonTalk (@Newcastle_FC) April 17, 2022
Darwin Nunez
The Benfica striker just can’t stop scoring.
It was always going to be him! 😤
Darwin Núñez opens the scoring against Sporting 👊
Too easy 😌 pic.twitter.com/LIL1FD61eG
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 17, 2022
Rangers
We bet there are a few Rangers fans with sore heads this morning.
Limbs of the year award goes to…
Rangers. 🔵🏆 pic.twitter.com/ACsxxqj1Mi
— Footy Limbs (@FootyLimbs) April 17, 2022
Fikayo Tomori
Ice cold. Call him up, Gareth.
Maguire would have an ACL injury trying to pull this off, Southgate better call Tomori next time. pic.twitter.com/QWJuxTyAX9
— 🦁™️ (@DidoIoI) April 15, 2022
Barry Bannan
What a strike.
Just Barry Bannan doing Barry Bannan things 🤯#EFL | @swfc pic.twitter.com/aQ3layaxVJ
— Sky Bet League One (@SkyBetLeagueOne) April 17, 2022
Fabio Alves
Roberto Carlos, eat yer heart out.
C A R A L H O 😳 pic.twitter.com/dHfL9AQYgv
— neymar jr deprê (@neymarjrdepre) April 17, 2022
Orlando City
Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona would be proud of this goal.
This sequence from @OrlandoCitySC. 🤯
Ercan Kara with a beautiful turn & finish makes it 2-0. pic.twitter.com/mU5rXwtdTe
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) April 17, 2022
This referee
This guy makes Mike Dean seem boring.
This ref was having NONE of it 🤣😤
They're built different in Serie A… pic.twitter.com/vL3vERIDiS
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 17, 2022
This scrap
The sort of scenes that we all love to see.
This may just be the funniest thing you’ll see this season
pic.twitter.com/zUH5h0QlCk— The Second Tier (@secondtierpod) April 15, 2022
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