The De Rossi consolation in our 7-1 win, and the Benteke overhead kick when we beat Liverpool.
What is the best "meaningless" goal?
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First one I think of is De Rossi's. Wasn't Van persies in the 8-2 pretty good?
Also, any excuse to watch this again.
Not really meaningless, but 3rd goal in a 4-0 win.
Not really meaningless, but 3rd goal in a 4-0 win.
This was the first one that sprung to mind for me. Even funnier that Benteke scored it.
Didn't Evra score a proper rocket of goal away at Bayern when they knocked us out of the CL once? I think he made it 0-1, but in the end it didn't mean much.
Glorious, isn't it?One of my favourite goals
In my mind that goal was at home but just checked and your right. I would have sworn I saw that goal live for some reason.
Did welbeck try to chip neur when he was clean through or something? I was deffo at the home match but for some reason Evras goal was my overriding memory..
If we're including late goals that were scored to basically take the piss in matches that were already won...
2-0 up in the 90th minute, and instead of dicking around and wasting time, Calhanoglu decides to do his best Juninho Pernambucano impression from 45 yards out.
2-0 up in the 90th minute, and instead of dicking around and wasting time, Calhanoglu decides to do his best Juninho Pernambucano impression from 45 yards out.
Rooney scored an absolutely blinding free kick v city one time when we got scudded 4-1. Even Antony scored a worldie v City when they battered us 6-3.
That's like a low quality version of this one (though the movie I'm posting is very low quality ironically)
Yeah. Also my scouse supporting mate watching it with us and remaining fairly unannoyed by it all until Tyler basically completely ignored the goal even happening
This is the one I was going to mention. Barely a word said about it, one of the most underrated goals I've ever seen due to the circumstances
Cavani vs Fulham last game of the season in 2021. There was even 5-10k fans back in stadium for that one I believe.
Rashford at City last season for me.
Throwing this one in. Wonderful.
Sorry to be a bit pedantic fellow posters, just have to get this off my chest...
There's been some great goals posted but, can we just clarify that goals in international friendlies and games already won/lost by a comfortable margin are not "meaningless!"
They may not have led to a win but they are still official games where the goals count towards the player's career total or winning the top scorer award.
I was thinking the OP meant non official games like pre-season/charity matches or goals eventually disallowed.
There's been some great goals posted but, can we just clarify that goals in international friendlies and games already won/lost by a comfortable margin are not "meaningless!"
They may not have led to a win but they are still official games where the goals count towards the player's career total or winning the top scorer award.
I was thinking the OP meant non official games like pre-season/charity matches or goals eventually disallowed.
Yeah, put us ahead on aggregate and it went fecking mental then by the time we'd finished celebrating they'd already equalised
I think Balotelli's goals are memorable. How he bullied the defenders by going into the 6 yard box and then score.
Absurdly good goal. Was disallowed though so does it count?
By definition because it was disallowed so therefore it was in fact "meaningless" right?
By definition because it was disallowed so therefore it was in fact "meaningless" right?
Well I was think more about goals that counted but had no impact on the result.
Not sure it's been mentioned, but Andreas Pereira scoring a beauty in some pre season fixture a few years back.
I know I'm just messing