Premier League: Fastest goals in EPL history ranked after Shane Long breaks the record

#1 Shane Long: 7.69 seconds for Southampton vs. Watford – 2018/19

Not only did this goal take more than two seconds off King’s long-standing record, but it was a surprisingly brilliant finish from Southampton’s Shane Long too, who capitalised on a suicidal piece of defending from Watford’s usually solid Craig Cathcart.

The ball was passed back to Cathcart from the kick-off, but he hit what should’ve been an easy long ball directly at Long, who stunned him with an interception before charging onto the ball.

Cathcart immediately gave chase, but was unable to catch up to Long, who raced into the Watford penalty area with keeper Ben Foster still to beat.

Keeping his cool though, Long dinked the ball over the onrushing Foster and into the back of the net – giving Southampton the lead after just 7 seconds of the game, smashing the record for the Premier League’s fastest goal in the process.

The goal essentially summed up Long’s return to form in 2018/19, as he’d actually begun to gain a reputation for being one of the Premier League’s most misfiring strikers after managing just 5 goals in 62 games across his last two seasons.

This season however he’s already matched that total and actually has 4 goals in his last 5 games – but regardless of that, this record-breaker guarantees he won’t be forgotten any time soon.