For sure. For the sake of proper discussion without too much bias though, maybe it is better to exclude Arsenal goals altogether.

Rex wrote:

For sure. For the sake of proper discussion without too much bias though, maybe it is better to exclude Arsenal goals altogether.

I agree - through my red and white tinted glasses I maintain that no one has scored a better goal than Bergkamp vs Newcastle

Savz wrote:

Creating this thread to debate two goals of similar quality and see what people think.

First off - Crespo's goal vs Liverpool

vs

Guily goal vs AC milan.

Crespo vs milan. What a GOAL! the turn, the pass and finally ice cold finish! Muah!

May I offer a duo....Totti vs Alexis for better chip!!

versus

For some reason or another, I enjoy Giuly's goal more, whilst I can acknowledge that Crespo's is superior in terms of the football. Can't shake it, I just really loved that Giuly goal.

EDIT: Fantastic goal by Alexis, but no competition there. Totti's was just magnificent.

I see your Totti chip and raise you this one by Ibrahimovic vs Reggina:

Up against a collected defence, same 'slow' chip, keeper gets embarrassed inside the 6-yard box both times.

Totti's was better to me, but Ibra used his left foot there. Smh.

bergkamp's chips over these. Even without the arsenal bias-they're more angled(not necessarily a tougher trajectory but tougher to control than straight lobs) -and one was while falling down.
I had to. Can't help it.

Talking about chip goals, I like this a lot more.

The keeper is so close to the goal and yet he chipped it in perfectly. 

Totti and Messi has so many such brilliant goals I find it boring to vote for them. Pires vs Southampton was something special though using a different technique. 

Maradona is still for me the best exponent of the lob shot:

flobaba wrote:

Maradona is still for me the best exponent of the lob shot:

I was going crazy over Totti and Ronaldinho till i saw this! No wonder he was and is still revered so much. Godlike finishes! 

Mirth wrote:

Rex wrote:

For sure. For the sake of proper discussion without too much bias though, maybe it is better to exclude Arsenal goals altogether.

I agree - through my red and white tinted glasses I maintain that no one has scored a better goal than Bergkamp vs Newcastle

That's just a fact though.

flobaba wrote:

Maradona is still for me the best exponent of the lob shot:

Nah, Vela is:

Clrnc wrote:

Talking about chip goals, I like this a lot more.

The keeper is so close to the goal and yet he chipped it in perfectly. 

Wonderful goal.

Mirth wrote:

flobaba wrote:

Maradona is still for me the best exponent of the lob shot:

Nah, Vela is:

  at that group of players. Loser squad.

flobaba wrote:

Maradona is still for me the best exponent of the lob shot:

I had never seen this and it is great but that is a terrible sound track choice.
Those goals trump Romario's who i thought was one of the best at these.
Shame technology was behind during his time as there's so much greatness that we will never see and all videos of his are grainy VHS quality.

Or

That's a tough one Mirth.

I like Zidane one more. I think at that height and the way he volleyed it takes extreme skill while Van Basten goal has been somewhat repeated by a few players over the years.

Not for me.
Extra points for the technical brilliance of Zidanes added to the fact that he used his swinger but, for me, Van Basten's was of another dimension.
The keeper is still trying to get his balance back now.

I think Zidane's volley is better as well. Van Basten could follow the flight of the ball and it landed in a nice position for him, the hardest element was the angle.

Van Basten for me, and by some distance too.

Zidane, hands down. The crowning moment of one of the top 3 careers in modern time. Leverkusen were the better team in that final too until that volley happened.

Mirth wrote:

flobaba wrote:

Maradona is still for me the best exponent of the lob shot:

Nah, Vela is:

I really liked this one.