Anatomy of a goal
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See the Boro 6! - Breathtaking - One by one - Boring - Farewell |
Sat. 24 April, 1999; after 60 mins
current score: Middlesbrough 0 Arsenal 4
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"And as for Nwankwo Kanu's wonder goal, well that was just out of this world. It was an astonishing trick shot by the biggest boot in the Premiership ... literally. Kanu, who is a towering 6ft 4in, wears an awesome size 15 football boots, each measuring 16 inches. Four up and taking the Michael out of Middlesbrough, the Nigerian international described by Arsene Wenger as still a little rusty steered home what could only be described as a semi-backheel volley. It was a truly outrageous goal to cap a devastating display by Arsenal. Such was the impact of his somewhat bizarre second-half strike that, deep in the bowels of The Riverside, a string of Boro apprentices could be found striving to emulate the Nigerian's unbelievable finish. "No, it was like this," and "Didn't he do it this way?" could be heard echoing around the corridor outside the Boro dressing room. Shell-shocked first teamers just kept the door shut and their heads down. There was no answer to a goal like that." |
Thanks for
quotes and photos to various newspapers, BBC, Carling, and AFCi,
@fc and Arsenal
World, and to the Boro websites (here
and here);
the video clips are on Gustav
Nygren's site. Especial thanks to Arseweb
for most of the links to the sources for these Awesome pages.
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