Premier League serves up 6 of the best
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NORMALLY the candidates for goal of the season are spread throughout the 10 months of the campaign, but this weekend’s English Premier League matches produced six memorable strikes in little over 24 hours.
Whether Charlie Adam’s 66-yard goal for Stoke City against Chelsea was the pick of the bunch or Jermain Defoe’s perfectly-executed winning volley for Sunderland in the Tyne-Wear derby against Newcastle United is open to debate.
But what is undeniable is that all six were goals of the highest quality which left fans, pundits and the players themselves purring at the brilliance.
The first eye-catcher to find the back of the net was Alexis Sanchez’s effort for Arsenal from the edge of the penalty area in its 4-1 win over Liverpool.
That was followed by Bafetimbi Gomis’s acrobatic 37th-minute volley that put Swansea City 2-0 up against Hull City in an eventual 3-1 win.
Six minutes later, Bobby Zamora scored with a floated dink with the outside of his left foot for Queens Park Rangers in their 4-1 win at West Bromwich Albion, with Adam then blasting home an equalizer a minute later at Stamford Bridge in a game the visitors lost 1-2.
Next up was Wayne Rooney’s acrobatic 79th-minute effort for Manchester United’s third in its 3-1 win over Aston Villa.
Former England international Defoe then rounded off the stunners just before halftime on Sunday by lashing home a left-foot volley from the edge of the area at The Stadium of Light in Sunderland.
“It was an unbelievable feeling,” the 32-year-old said afterwards, “Words can’t describe how I felt when it went in. I was very emotional for some reason.”
The victory lifted Sunderland to 15th and in the final analysis may have more lasting significance than the astonishing strike from Adam, voted goal of the weekend in a BBC poll.
The Scot collected the ball just outside the center circle in his own half and after glancing up and seeing Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois on the edge of his area, launched a left-footed drive that hit the back of the net despite the Belgian getting a hand to it. “I looked up and saw the goalie off his line and thought, ‘why not, especially at Chelsea’. It’s great on a personal note, but it’s a team game and we lost, but it’s good to know I scored it,” the former Liverpool midfielder said.
Defoe’s brilliant winner put the Black Cats three points clear of the relegation zone with seven matches left. It was also Dick Advocaat’s first win as Sunderland coach since taking over from Gus Poyet.
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