{"id":300622,"date":"2023-11-26T23:25:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T23:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=300622"},"modified":"2023-11-26T23:25:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T23:25:49","slug":"chris-sutton-garnachos-is-the-greatest-overhead-kick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/chris-sutton-garnachos-is-the-greatest-overhead-kick\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRIS SUTTON: Garnacho's is the greatest overhead kick"},"content":{"rendered":"
Just like that, we\u2019ve now witnessed the game\u2019s greatest overhead kick.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It cannot be beaten in terms of technique or execution.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For 0.86 seconds, all of Goodison Park was spellbound as the ball flew from Alejandro Garnacho\u2019s foot into Everton\u2019s goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was better than Dimitar Berbatov against Liverpool. Better than Andy Carroll against Crystal Palace. Better than Emre Can against Watford. Better than Cristiano Ronaldo against Juventus. Better than Gareth Bale against Liverpool. Better than Wayne Rooney in the Manchester derby, not least because he actually shinned that one.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I tried the odd overhead kick in my time. Of course I did. But I knew my limitations as a striker. I\u2019d sooner head home than pretend I was some sort of trapeze artist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Alejandro Garnacho’s wonderful overhead kick opened the scoring for Man United at Everton<\/p>\n
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Garnacho’s strike was the best overhead kick in the history of the game, it cannot be beaten for technique or execution<\/p>\n
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It is superior to former Manchester United man Wayne Rooney’s effort from 2011, which he actually shinned<\/p>\n
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\u00a0But Garnacho had the balls to try it less than three minutes into this match.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You get to Carnegie Hall with practice. But this isn\u2019t something you work on in training. It\u2019s a spur-of-the-moment thing and Garnacho connected so seamlessly as he was retreating towards his own goal, adjusting his body to meet the ball.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
His confidence must be through the roof to ever entertain the idea of such a spectacle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It is no wonder he copied Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s \u2018siuuu\u2019 celebration in the aftermath. He earned it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even I was excited by it, and that\u2019s saying something, because I\u2019m hardly the biggest Manchester United fan!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Make room on your mantelpiece, Mr Garnacho. The Premier League Goal of the Season award is heading your way in May.<\/p>\n
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