16. Wayne Rooney’s bicycle kick vs Manchester City
Manchester City had assembled a very talented squad that had eyes on claiming the league championship. But before they could claim the throne as England’s best, they had to dethrone their biggest rivals, Manchester United. And Wayne Rooney would not hear any of it during their league encounter against Manchester City last season.
Rooney proved to City that they still had to work to take down their fiercest rivals, with an amazing bicycle kick. Rooney timed the cross brilliantly, got in the right position, used his acrobatic skills and hammered home a brilliant finish.
Many people criticize Rooney, but I have not seen a single striker work as hard as he does. He does everything to help his team to win the game, and that includes getting back to help defend, creating chances for his teammates and scoring great goals like the one he did against Manchester City.
Rooney showed why he’s England’s best striker and one of the best players in the world.
15. Frank Lampard’s chip vs Barcelona
Chelsea had a fierce encounter with Barcelona at the Nou Camp during the Champions League group stage in 2006. After Barcelona went up 1-0 with Deco giving the home side the lead through a well struck long range effort, Chelsea returned the favour as Frank Lampard chipped a ball right over the goalkeeper from a ridiculous angle.
You could tell it was done intentionally by Lampard because he knew there was no one in the box to cross to, so he decided to try to chip it over the goalkeeper, as it was his only chance to beat him.
If you happen to have watched the post match interview, he did say it was intentional and that he had been practising shooting from these sort of angles.