Serie A Year in Review: Top 5 moments of 2016

Modified Dec 31, 2016 10:46 GMT

TURIN, ITALY - MAY 14: Juventus FC players celebrate with the trophy after the Serie A match between Juventus FC and UC Sampdoria at Juventus Arena on May 14, 2016 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images) — Juventus continued their reign at the summit of Serie A

#2 Manuel Locatelli’s wondergoals

MILAN, ITALY - OCTOBER 22: Manuel Locatelli of AC Milan celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Serie A match between AC Milan and Juventus FC at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on October 22, 2016 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) — Manuel Locatelli is one of the

AC Milan have produced some of the most heartwarming moments this year, but nothing could beat the sight of a teary-eyed boy wonder sobbing while being interviewed after scoring his first goal for the club. Playing in defensive midfield, Locatelli showed a maturity beyond his years as soon as he took his first touch when he replaced Ricardo Montolivo. What followed was the stuff movies are made from.

After a corner was cleared out to him on the edge of the box, Locatelli crashed a wonderful swerving effort straight into the top corner and thus sign off a thrilling 3-3 draw for Milan against Sassuolo. His stunned ‘I don’t believe it’ reaction was made all the more heartwarming with his post match interview.

He wasn’t done.

In only his third start for Milan, Locatelli produced another stunner, this time to leave Gianluigi Buffon and Vincenzo Montella shaking their heads in disbelief. The youngster smashed in another unstoppable shot into the top corner and thus earn Milan their first win over Juventus since 2012.

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