Social Shots: Rashford’s brilliant footwork; Pep Guardiola’s Rochdale
Rochdale scored a goal fitting of a Pep Guardiola team on Saturday, and stand back and watch Marcus Rashford’s brilliant flip-flap, all in Social Shots.
In our weekly feature, we take a look at the best social media posts from across the world of football over the weekend. Football and social media can go hand in hand, but not everyone gets it right. Here, we celebrate those that do, highlighting the posts that have made us chuckle, the videos of wonder goals that we’ve just had to watch again, or just anything we felt simply had to be shared…
Lightning feet from Rashford
Who doesn’t love a flip-flap? Class from Rashford.
Auba’s video nasty
An absolutely shocking challenge from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in Saturday’s early kick-off. We don’t get how’s there was any debate as it looked a clear red card and VAR confirmed as much. Martin Keown: “I’m not sure that’s worthy of a booking.” Get in the bin, Martin.
That Aubameyang tackle 👀 #CRYARS
🟨 Ref had given a yellow
🟥 VAR ordered a red pic.twitter.com/tqkr1VZ1tN— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) January 11, 2020
Pep Guardiola’s Rochdale
Playing out from the back ✅
Strength from Baah 💪
Composure from Matheson 😎Our first goal from yesterday 🙌#RAFC pic.twitter.com/BipSUka4tM
— Rochdale AFC (@officiallydale) January 12, 2020
Rashford joins Old Trafford 200 club
Marcus Rashford became the third youngest player to reach 200 appearances for Manchester United over the weekend after George Best and Ryan Giggs. Not bad company to be keeping, Marcus.
Beyond proud to become the 3rd youngest player to hit 200 @ManUtd games 🔴⚪️
Can’t put into words what it means to follow Giggsy and George Best. Two goals and three points completes a perfect day 👊🏿 pic.twitter.com/X4g72EMH0S
— Marcus Rashford (@MarcusRashford) January 11, 2020
Age just a number for Zlatan
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been a model of consistency over the years and the AC Milan striker has bagged his first goal since rejoining the club on Saturday.
38-year-old Zlatan Ibrahimović has now scored in four different decades.
Like a fine wine 🍷 pic.twitter.com/yA6NO0FjRe
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) January 11, 2020
He’s a centre-half; He’s a number four…
Liverpool recorded a sixth straight clean sheet in beating Tottenham 1-0 and on recent evidence it’s hard to make a case that Virgil Van Dijk isn’t the best defender in the world right now.
That TIMING from @VirgilvDijk 👌
What a tackle 👊 pic.twitter.com/6GEltfR3oL
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 12, 2020
Lo point for Mourinho
Tottenham’s Lo Celso had a decent game against Liverpool but that late miss on Saturday night – when it looked easier to score – literally brought boss Jose Mourinho to his knees.
#THFC miss another HUGE chance – Jose Mourinho's reaction says it all! 🤯
How did Lo Celso miss!? 😲 pic.twitter.com/G47LmIUiEn
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) January 11, 2020
Mersey Monsters
Liverpool have made the best ever start to a Premier League season after 21 games. They are unbeaten in 38 games and now an astonishing 1/25 on to win the title.
📊 Liverpool
✅ W20 D1, best ever record after 21 games in a season in any of Europe’s big 5 leagues
✅ Scored in club record 30 successive league games (passing 29 in Div 2, 1957-58)
✅ 6th successive PL clean sheet – club’s best run since under Rafa Benitez in 2006 pic.twitter.com/N3JwahwtJt— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) January 11, 2020
Taxi for Ospina
David Ospina went ‘full Rene Higuita’ on Saturday evening as the Colombian’s late howler saw Scudetto challengers Lazio claim a 10th win in a row.
🙈 What is Ospina doing?
⚽ Ciro Immobile puts Lazio in front, in spite of Di Lorenzo's efforts to keep it out, but it was a nightmare moment from the Napoli keeper
🔵 Lazio score late once again! pic.twitter.com/ai71bD3HZp
— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) January 11, 2020
He’s a dedicated follower of fashion
Oli McBurnie in the Swansea away end on Sunday as they squared off with bitter rivals Cardiff City. Some nice moves on display from the Sheffield United star despite wearing some very questionable threads!
Safe to say Oli McBurnie still has a soft spot for Swansea City pic.twitter.com/1aMIHXiM3p
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) January 12, 2020
Say it ain’t so Tyrone
Ahead of Aston Villa’s clash against Manchester City, Tyrone Mings and Jack Grealish sat down with Sky Sports to take a look at some defining pictures, including this little belter from the Mings archive.
.@JackGrealish1: "We have a WhatsApp group chat with a load of the lads in and this is the display picture. The group chat is actually called 'Ty's mortgages'." 🤣
Hear the story behind this picture and more in the full video below! ⬇https://t.co/h40NWXcTmz
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) January 12, 2020
Some day for Sergio
This pearler against Aston Villa was part of a hat-trick for Sergio Aguero who moves above Thierry Henry as the highest scoring non-English player in Premier League history.
You don't save those! 💥
A thunderous strike from Sergio Aguero has Manchester City 3-0 in front against Aston Villa.
📺 Watch on Sky Sports Premier League
📱 Follow #AVLMCI here:
📲 Download the @SkySports app! pic.twitter.com/uOdPU12S39— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) January 12, 2020
And for my next trick…
Aguero’s treble also took him clear of a certain Alan Shearer as the player who has scored most hat-tricks in the Premier League era. The Argentine will is well to break Dixie Dean’s top flight hat-trick record though with the Everton legend weighing in with 37!
⚽️⚽️⚽️ Most hat-tricks in @premierleague history:
1⃣2⃣ @aguerosergiokun
1⃣1⃣ @alanshearer
9⃣ @Robbie9Fowler
8⃣ @ThierryHenry, @HKane, Michael Owen pic.twitter.com/9e47A2jugy— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) January 12, 2020
On this Day
Before the Premier League there was the English First Division. And before Sergio Aguero and Thierry Henry there was Glenrothes terrier David Robert Speedie. Have it!
FORGOTTEN GOAL: David Speedie for Coventry vs Palace 30 years ago today.
Tiki-taka? Stick it up your bollocks.pic.twitter.com/swpzBRnGoS
— Proper Football (@sid_lambert) January 13, 2020