Adam’s stunner among best in Premier League
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STOKE City midfielder Charlie Adam scored one of the greatest goals in Premier League history in his side’s 1-2 defeat at Chelsea on Saturday.
With City trailing 0-1 at Stamford Bridge, Adam illuminated a drab evening with an audacious bolt from the blue in the 44th minute. Taking possession well inside his own half, the Scotland international looked up to see Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had strayed off his line.
His incredible drive from 65 yards out arrowed over Courtois, who could only help the ball into the net as he back-pedalled in a futile attempt to prevent the wonder-goal.
“It’s a great goal to score. I saw the ‘keeper off his line, tried an effort and it went in,” Adam said. “I always have a look at the goalkeeper’s position throughout a match because these balls move so much. When you have that much space and time it’s nice to do something like that. I was just disappointed the keeper got a hand on it!
“It was great to get back in the game but the biggest thing is we lost the match.”
Adam’s rocket wasn’t enough for Stoke to earn a point against the leader, but Blues boss Jose Mourinho said even legends like Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi would have struggled to score a better goal.
“It was a fantastic goal, every super player in the world would like to score a goal like that. Diego Maradona to Lionel Messi to all these brilliant players,” he said. “Not all of them did score that goal in their careers. But when my goalkeeper plays in the limit of the box he has to read the game and know the quality of the opponent. Normally he would anticipate a shot like that from the moment we lost the ball, but it’s a great goal.”
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