He can’t do much with that pass, can he? Oh.
5. Falcao, FC Porto (v Atletico Madrid)
Aye, neh bad.
4. Lee Sharpe, Manchester United (v Barcelona)
Almost two decades before Falcao was earning rave reviews, Sharpey was doing this. Oh, Sharpey, you bloody fool.
3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Inter (v Bologna)
If it was anyone else you’d think this was too lucky to include. He meant it, though. He meant it.
2. Gianfranco Zola, Chelsea (v Norwich)
A phenomenal goal; Zola’s momentum has taken him marginally in front of the line of delivery. It’s a great volley, but more than that, it’s an amazingly instinctive piece of skill to adjust his feet quickly enough to direct the ball towards.
1. Ezequiel Lavezzi, Napoli (v Milan)
Watched it about twenty times, still can’t work out how he scores from there, like that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuNMwqMSrbk
Watching your list I just remembered one of my favourites. Mancini for Lazio…
Love the Top 5 section of your blog. I have a suggestion which also affords me the opportunity to draw attention to one development I have really noticed this year. How about a Top 5 acute angle finishes? Note this is not Top 5 ‘cute’ angle finishes. I noticed this creep into punditry this season. I may be mistaken but I think it was Mark Lawrenson on MOTD who eulogised a finish from an acute angle calling it a really ‘cute’ angle. Unchallenged this use of ‘cute’ has flourished and has, indeed, spread to other areas. Everything from a chip to a glance at what is going on around you is now ‘cute’.
Now, believe it or not, I’m not a grammar fascist, actually my spelling is poor, I love the writings of Joyce, Woolfe, Kerouac et al and I’m all in favour of the evolution of language. However, I just thought I’d mention that an acute angle is an angle of less than 90 degrees.
In fact, I quite like the growing use of ‘cute’ in footballing terms so I hope this isn’t read as my being obtuse.