It’s Gymnastics, That’s Not Football: Gary Neville Reacts to Alejandro Garnacho’s Overhead Goal – News18

Gary Neville termed Alejandro Garnacho’s spectacular strike for Manchester United because the ‘most beautiful overhead kick’.

The 19-yr-outdated scored with a surprising overhead kick within the third minute to fireplace United to a 3-0 victory over Everton at Goodison Park, leaping to meet Diogo Dalot’s cross with an acrobatic scissor kick into the highest proper nook that immediately drew comparisons with former United striker Rooney.

“I’ve not seen as good a goal as that from an overhead kick. That was the most beautiful overhead kick. The thing that struck me straight away was the fact he had to move away, he comes in and comes back out, moves his feet quickly and then throws himself in the air. Most players wouldn’t know how to do that: it’s gymnastic and acrobatic. It’s gymnastics – that’s not football,” mentioned Neville.

“It’s the best overhead kick I’ve ever seen. It’s not a bicycle kick, it’s an overhead kick. There are times you can get on your side, into that position. We can all do that. But to get into the position Garnacho did, I’ve never seen that before. I think Rooney’s is close to it but Garnacho’s is just better,” Neville added.

Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag felt it may prove to be the ‘goal of the season’ however added that it was too quickly to be evaluating his younger participant with the likes of Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo.

“The season, still many games to play, but probably already the goal of the season,” Ten Hag informed reporters. “It was incredible.”

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The Argentinian teen mentioned he himself couldn’t imagine he had scored.

“I didn’t see how I scored, I just listened to the crowd and said ‘Oh my god,’” Garnacho informed NBC. “One of the best goals I’ve scored, I’m very happy.”

In reality, Garnacho marked the purpose by copying former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo’s celebration.

“It’s amazing, something out of this world, I think,” Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes mentioned.

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Fernandes went on to warning that it’s too early to recommend Garnacho can emulate Ronaldo’s outstanding profession, however he expects nice issues from his younger workforce-mate, who arrived from Atletico Madrid in 2020.

“Probably he’s watching too much Cristiano clips! We all know that he’s a big fan. Still a long way for him to be like Cristiano but he’s getting his steps,” Fernandes mentioned.

“He wants to be something special in the world of football and I think he has the capability to do that, but he has to do more than that goal!”

(With inputs from Agencies)