Great Goals Project

A loose header drops to Townsend at the edge of the box and he catches his volley with impeccable technique, lashing in off the crossbar from fully 30 yards.

Mane miscontrols an Alexander-Arnold cross into the area, but improvises ingeniously to produce a back-heel-chip over the flailing goalkeeper.

Another wonderful Arsenal team goal, this one the created by Mesut Ozil, who steps over the ball then collects the pass from Alexandre Lacazette to coolly give Aubameyang the easiest of finishes.

Sigurdsson produces a textbook Cruyff turn to escape James Maddison before curling a brutal, dipping effort into the corner.

A glorious team move shifts Arsenal up the pitch at pace and is rounded off by the most nonchalant of back-heels from Ramsey into the corner.

A superb individual goal, Son leaves Jorginho in his wake before sliding inside Luiz and slotting his finish into the corner.

Paul Pogba's sublime flip over the Leicester defence is controlled instantly by Rashford, who smashes into the corner.

A long ball over the top is collected by Schurrle, and he steadies himself to slice a precise volley over the goalkeeper and into the net.

From 30 yards out, Sturridge shifts the ball onto his left foot and whips a glorious curling shot into the top right-hand corner.

Martial collects the ball out wide and guns for goal, running the gauntlet of Fulham defenders before sliding calmly into the net.

Schar strides forward from deep and unleashes a vicious strike that careers into the net off the post.

Seri shifts the ball onto his right foot and arrows a perfect shot into the far right corner of the net.

An inch-perfect long ball from Riyad Mahrez finds Vardy on the run, and the forward doesn't break his stride to control left-footed volley into the corner.

With Joe Hart well out of his goal, Rooney controls a bouncing ball to strike from fully 60 yards into the empty net.

The ball drops to Daniels on the left corner of the box and from an acute angle he drives an unstoppable shot thundering into the net off the crossbar.

Boufal runs nearly 60 yards, skipping past numerous challenges before retaining his composure to slot his finish into the corner.

Salah shows supreme close control in a tight spot and bends his effort around the defender and into the corner in trademark fashion.

Salah dances along the goal line before deceiving Hugo Lloris by lashing the ball into the net from close range.

Obiang collects a loose ball and returns an exocet missile flying into Hugo Lloris' top corner.

De Bruyne hits one of the cleanest strikes of the season, sending his right-footed effort whizzing into the corner at great pace.

A deep cross finds Valencia running onto the ball to lash a first-time half-volley on the rise into the net.

Can connects with a crazy bicycle kick from the edge of the area that spins into the net off the post.

Arsenal launch a devastating counter, with Giroud keeping the move going with a lovely flick before eventually finishing it off with an outrageous scorpion kick.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is given too much space to whip in a teasing cross where Mkhitaryan stoops to send an audacious scorpion kick into the net.

Mane cuts inside from the right flank, outpacing Calum Chambers with ease before gliding away from Nacho Monreal to curl a sublime effort into the top corner beyond Petr Cech.

Hazard collects possession on the halfway line and quickly takes on player after player, turning inside and out before finishing well.

Alfie Mawson beats Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the ball but Pogba latches on to the loose ball to slice a ruthless half-volley into the right corner.

Following a clearance from Gary Cahill, Henderson collects possession and opens up his body before curling a beautiful strike into the top right corner.

Sanchez runs beyond the West Ham back line and when closing on the goalkeeper, produces an outrageous dummy, before flicking his shot neatly into the corner to complete his hat-trick.

As Arsenal probe for an equaliser Liverpool launch a devastating counter,with Wijnaldum finishing the move expertly.

Firmino runs in behind the Stoke defence to rocket home a half-volley high into the roof of the net.

From a Bournemouth corner, Ramirez charges down an attempted shot before running two-thirds of the pitch before slotting past Artur Boruc.

Hazard runs from halfway, skipping past Spurs challenges before exchanging passes with Diego Costa and curling his shot first time into the top corner.

In a piece of true brilliance, Alli controls the ball before flicking it over his head and volleying spectacularly into the corner of the net.

Benteke shows sensational technical skill to leap and smash an overhead kick into the corner before David de Gea can even react.

Toure exchanges passes with a team-mate before allowing the ball to cross his body, sending an unconventional shot into the top left corner.

Martina cracks a first-time shot on the bounce straight into the corner of the Arsenal net.

Running onto a long ball, Vardy hardly breaks his stride before striking high over Simon Mignolet and into the Liverpool net.

From a direct free-kick Payet loops the ball fifteen feet over the crossbar before bringing it down just in time to find the top corner.

Shaqiri breaks beyond the Everton offside trap and dinks a delicious finish over the helpless Tim Howard.

Adama Traore's lightning pace takes him down the wing before picking out Gil at the back post, with the Spaniard acrobatically firing home.

Collecting the ball at the edge of the box, Smith rips a curling shot that sets up a foot wide of the post and curls back into the net.

Sanchez slips inside two weak United challenges before unleashing a powerful shot in to David De Gea's top left corner.

Coutinho collects the ball 35 yards from goal, turns inside and curls an inspired shot into the top corner of the net.

Kane wins the ball at a tight angle near the goal line, and curls his effort brilliantly across Petr Cech and into the far corner.

A thrilling team goal, with 20+ passes leading to some brilliant interplay with Fabregas and Oscar before the Spaniard rolls into the net.

An outrageous assist from Cesc Fabregas leaves Schurrle with the simplest of tasks to slot first time into the corner.

Adam looks up and launches a missile from 60 yards straight over Thibaut Courtois and into the net.

Wayne Rooney plays in Di Maria on the edge of the area who arrogantly scoops his finish into the net in superb style.

Mata plays a one-two with Angel Di Maria before leaping to bicycle kick into the far corner of the net.

Zamora outmuscles Joleon Lescott down the right wing and then surprises the goalkeeper with an audacious chip with the outside of his foot.

Coutinho turns 30 yards from goal and curls the ball back across the goalkeeper in off the underside of the crossbar.

Silva collects the ball on the right of the area before feigning in two different directions and curling a well-placed shot into the corner.

Some patient build-up play culminating with a low cross which Perez back-flicks neatly into the corner.

Wilshere hits a dropping ball first time on the bounce, arrowing his strike into the top corner.

Kane cuts across the edge of the box before striking low into the corner of the net.

Barkley exchanges passes with Romelu Lukaku before shifting the ball on his left foot and firing high into the roof of the net.

Shelvey chests down a poor clearance and returns with interest a sensational hit that lands plum in the top corner.

Rosicky - Santi Cazorla - Jack Wilshere - Rosicky - Olivier Giroud - Rosicky, who flips his finish neatly into the net for a quite astounding goal.

Kasami takes a first touch on his chest before sending a volley looping over the goalkeeper without the ball touching the ground.

A superb team goal, with Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud and Wilshere exchanging one-twos before Wilshere deftly slots the ball home.

Suarez watches the ball bounce before unleashing a dipping volley from fully 45 yards which nestles into the net.

Rooney shows superb awareness to spot the goalkeeper off his line and loop his shot high and down into the net from just inside the opposition half.

Barkley collects a layoff from Naismith and curls a shot beautifully across Joe Hart and into the top corner.

Ramsey collects 25 yards from goal, delays, and sends a powerful dipping shot across the goalkeeper and into the top corner.

Sturridge collects a long ball over the top and loops an lob high into the air and into the far corner.

Van Persie shows great agility to volley the ball at shoulder height into the corner of the net.

Mutch brings the ball down before shaping with his left foot and rifling the ball across the goalkeeper and into the top corner.

Van Persie connects with a raking Wayne Rooney pass with a spectacular first-time volley into the corner.

In a display of incredible technique, Suarez catches the ball on his shoulder, slides a touch past the keeper, and finishes, all in one movement.

An underrated Bale goal, featuring good link up with Defoe before shrugging off an aggressive tackle to bear down on goal and poke home.

In injury time of a must-win game, Bale takes responsibility and dips an improbable shot into the top corner from distance.

Carroll watches the ball carefully and volleys instantly into the far corner with superb style.

Mirallas finishes a sweeping move that started with Leighton Baines on the left and goes through Marouane Fellaini and Steven Pienaar before the finish.

Walcott skips through three challenges before being fouled, getting up, and flicking the ball over the goalkeeper.

Defoe cuts in from the flank, evades a few challenges and lashes his shot home at the near post.

Ben Arfa stands up the defender before shifting to his right and smashing a missile into the top corner.

Van Persie gets across the front of his marker and guides his shot across goal and into the far corner.

Taarabt cuts in from wide and curls his shot into the top corner from 25 yards.

Nicolas Anelka flicks to Deco, who chests to Frank Lampard, who heels to Drogba, who lifts into the corner for a dazzling goal.

Figueroa takes a free-kick quickly from his own half and strikes an incredible long-range goal into the Stoke net.

Cole flicks the ball inside and crashes a left-footed volley towards the near post, beating the goalkeeper all ends up.

John Terry flicks a precise ball to the onrunning Cole, who shows composure to control, cut back, and dink the ball into the net.

Rookie Rose catches a punch from Manuel Almunia flush on the volley, sending the ball back past him before he has the chance to react.

Bellamy assesses his options on the edge of the area before unleashing an exocet into the top right hand corner.

Huddlestone allows the ball to run across his body before striking with a slight slice, fading the ball absolutely perfectly into the postage stamp.

Torres cuts in from the left flank and curls a high, floating effort that drifts perfectly into the top corner.

Duff exchanges a neat one-two before setting himself to arrow a shot across goal and into the net off the upright.

Jerome catches Pepe Reina off-guard with a surprise long-range effort that flies over the Spaniard's head and home.

Cesc Fabregas spots Van Persie pulling away and picks him out superbly; Van Persie does the rest, controlling on his chest, turning, and shooting, all in one extraordinary movement. Brilliance.

Fuller collects the ball with his back to goal and in one movement scoops the ball over both his and Martin Laursen's head, swivels and slots into the far corner. Glorious.

Dimitar Berbatov chases a potentially lost cause to the byline before brilliantly skipping past the defender, allowing him to easily assist Ronaldo.

Five touches, Parker, to Di Michele, to Noble, to Di Michele, to Cole, curled into the net in the most well-worked and sublime attack.

Tuncay watches a ball dropping from the sky for what feels like an age, then he acrobatically leaps and overhead kicks back across goal and into the net with his right foot.

Giggs collects the ball out wide before dummying not one but two tackles before slotting through a crowded box and into the bottom corner.

Torres' control of a long pass actually takes him away from goal, but he turns instantly and without looking volleys towards the opposite top corner, finding it wonderfully.

Geovanni cuts in from the left and with the ball slightly behind him unleashes a vicious, swerving thunderbolt that leaves Manuel Almunia totally and utterly helpless.

Bentley flicks the ball up for himself fully 40 yards out and volleys high over the unsuspecting Manuel Almunia, who can't keep out the strike.

Johnson controls on his chest 35 yards from goal and volleys in mid-air, lashing the ball into the corner.

Konchesky runs onto a pass on the left well inside his own half, strides forward 40 yards and cracks a missile into the top corner which nearly breaks the net.

Torres and Steven Gerrard combine superbly which allows the Spaniard to outfox the goalkeeper with a dummy before passing into the empty net.

A poor clearance lands on Petrov's chest 50 yards out, and the Bulgarian controls before catching the ball on the half volley and launching it back towards goal, finding the top corner.

Ronaldo positions a free-kick 25 yards out and unleashes a swerving arc that dips just in time as David James shrugs his shoulders in disbelief.

Adebayor takes a pass from Cesc Fabregas into feet, sets the ball in the air and swivels to volley a glorious shot straight into the top corner.

Muntari wins the ball in midfield, nutmegs the oncoming defender, then swipes a curling finish home with the outside of his left foot.

From a 30 yard direct free-kick, Elano arrows a stunning strike into the top corner.

Ronaldo instinctively responds to a bouncing ball in the area by controlling then backheeling through a crowd of players and into the net.

Stewart Downing hits a superb half-volleyed cross into the path of Tuncay, who connects first time to guide the ball into the corner.

Rochemback takes a long run-up to a dead ball and smashes a dipping, swerving shot over the wall and flying into the net.

Tevez and Wayne Rooney share a telepathic one-two, the latter backheeling into the Argentine's path for him to slot home a neat goal.

N'Zogbia cuts in from the right flank and unleashed a blistering shot into the far top corner.

Young runs onto a ball played across the area and strikes first time back across the goalkeeper into the top left corner.

Murphy cuts in from the right and unleashes a powerful shot which flies into the top corner from 25 yards.

A double one-two from Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney covering the length of the pitch, finished with a neat dink by Rooney at the end of a scintillating counterattack.

A Ryan Giggs corner is headed clear onto the foot of Scholes, who returns with interest, smashing his volley home off the underside of the crossbar.

McFadden controls a dropping ball at the edge of the area by flicking it up and over a closing defender and then volleying beautifully into the corner.

Controlling a pass into him, Drogba takes his first touch before swiveling and firing a left-footed half-volley crashing into the corner.

Emmanuel Eboue floats a cross from the right towards the edge of the area, where Van Persie meets on the volley to smash into the roof of the net.

Essien catches one of the sweetest strikes you will see as he arrows a stunner into the corner against Arsenal.

A headed clearance reaches Tugay, who displays impeccable technique to drive a first-time volley into the corner from 25 yards.

A long punt, a John Carew flick-on, and Gardner meets the dropping ball on the run to send a sweet volley fizzing into the corner.

Barry collects the ball on the left and cuts inside two challenges before bending a shot across goal and into the net.

Anelka smashes the ball from the angle of the box and his shot swerves across goal before nestling in the top corner.

With the ball spinning on the spot in front of him, Landzaat strikes cleanly and the trajectory swerves viciously to the left and into the net.

Agger nudges the ball out from the back before rifling a left-footed drive that cuts across goal and into the top corner.

Wayne Rooney takes on the Charlton defence before flicking a cross to the chest of Van Nistelrooy, who quickly turns and angles a volley into the top corner.

The hardest-hit goal in Premier League history - Reid almost bursts the ball with a brutal strike that almost ripped the net from the frame.

Solano cuts in from the right and stabs a superb shot with the outside of his right foot into the far corner.

John controls the ball on his chest and spins to volley back across goal and in off the far post.

Viduka juggles the ball for two touches and takes advantage of some unsure defending to send a piledriver high over the keeper into the top corner.

Taylor steps on to a bouncing ball 40 yards out and fires a speculative effort high in the air, the strike dropping into the net.

Camara pounces on a defender's touch and swivels to slice his half-volley into the opposite top corner from the edge of the area.

Nolan, with his back to goal, flips around and overheads his kick with precision past the goalkeeper.

A bouncing ball goes loose on the edge of the box and Ferdinand instinctively swivels his body round to loop a superb volley into the top left corner.

An errant header lands for Lawrence, who catches the dropping ball sweetly on his left foot, drifting the volley into the far left corner.

Bellamy collects the ball on the halfway and drives towards goal, heading left of the defender before drilling a shot back into the opposite corner.

A fabulous passing move involving Dennis Bergkamp, Edu and Robin Van Persie is rounded off with aplomb by a Vieira lob.

With his back to goal Berger flicks the ball up and, in one motion, loops a dipping volley towards the target, finding the corner.

Cole goes on an overlapping run beyond Bergkamp and catches the goalkeeper out with a quickfire half-volley into the far corner.

Gerrard slips a superb pass in between two defenders into the path of Alonso, who retains his composure to side-foot his shot home.

Seconds after arguing with the referee, Rooney steps onto a headed clearance to unleash an unstoppable volley flying into the net.

Ryan Giggs heads into the danger area, where Smith controls on his chest before volleying into the far corner in-off the post with his left foot.

Great interplay between Robben, Frank Lampard and Tiago culminates in a powerful volley from Robben low past the goalkeeper.

Henry, with his back to goal, shows ingenuity to backheel his effort through the defender and past the goalkeeper from close range.

Henry plays a short corner with Jose Reyes and from an acute angle lashes his strike across goal, into the far corner, at pace.

Stelios collects his own cleared corner and runs around the ball to create the perfect angle to curl his strike into the far corner.

Hendrie wins a challenge 30 yards from goal and instinctively swerves his shot into the top corner.

Henry collects possession in midfield before striding past LIverpool defenders to break through and finish into the corner.

Delap leaps through the air to meet a header across goal with a perfect scissor kick into the net.

An incredibly pure strike from Hamann, who meets the ball on the volley from outside the area and finds the corner beautifully.

Nalis sprints across the box to catch a falling ball to smash it home a left-foot volley across the keeper and into the top corner.

Rooney instantly controls a cross into the area, turning the defender in the process, then crushes his strike into the roof of the net from 12 yards.

Bent turns and plays a one-two before lifting his effort with the outside of his foot over the goalkeeper's head from range.

Rae moves onto a clearance to the edge of the area and catches sweetly to find the top corner in off the post.

Kanoute steps onto a loose ball an improbable distance out and just outright lashes his long-range effort into the top corner.

Robert steps forward on the left flank and from an acute angle puts his foot through the ball to send it whizzing into the top left corner.

Dalmat collects the ball on the right flank and weaves in between two challenges before striking a sublime left foot shot into the top corner.

Johnson flicks the ball high over his own head, controls it, then powers his shot into the top corner from the edge of the area.

Di Canio juggles the ball then tries his luck with a left-footed volley which flashes past the goalkeeper high into the corner.

Pace, power, and direct running from Henry as he takes on the Spurs defence, brushing off challenges as he runs through to drill home into the bottom corner.

Van Nistelrooy picks up the ball in the centre circle, speeds past five challenges before catching the goalkeeper out with a quickfire finish.

Pires latches on to a wayward touch from the defender to chip the ball over the goalkeeper from far out on the right wing - out of nowhere.

Raw power from Shearer as he reaches a speculative header from Shola Ameobi to smash a powerful volley into the top corner.

Whilst facing his own goal, Gudjohnsen rises highest to meet a cross with an acrobatic bicycle kick which bounces low into the corner.

Okocha beats the attention of his marker before arrowing a 25-yard strike into the top left corner.

Anelka shows patience on the wing to loop a diagonal pass to the opposite flank for Jensen, who catches a sweet volley across the goalkeeper from the edge of the area.

Arsenal begin the move from their own box, eventually reaching Wiltord, who strides forward before curling a precise strike into the corner.

Rooney introduces himself to the Premier League with an expert touch, a moment of patience, and then a curled strike which bounces in off the crossbar.

Geremi steps up to whip a perfect free-kick up and over the wall into the top corner of the net.

Bergkamp receives the ball to feet and, in the one movement, spins round the defender, goes the other way, then finishes with the opposite foot into the corner.

Pires lobs the ball over George Boateng then flicks over the head of the towering Peter Schmeichel, leaving him grasping at air.

From an acute angle, Shearer meets a cross with a side-footed volley across goal into the top corner.

Steven Gerrard produces a sensational assist through the Arsenal defence for Riise, who finds space at the front post to finish confidently.

Jensen steals the ball from Patrick Vieira on the edge of the area and catches everyone by surprise with a delightful chip over David Seaman.

Sinclair adds to his repertoire of bicycle kicks with another cracker, this time after some juggling in a superb corner routine.

Beckham beautifully executes a first-time chip over the goalkeeper from the right wing following a pass from Paul Scholes.

Riise hits a wonder-strike from the edge of the area, an effort still rising as it shudders into the top corner.

Keane is grateful for a fabulous pass, with backspin, from Kewell into his path allowing him to finish confidently into the right corner.

Gillespie's excellent first touch allows him to break beyond Mikael Silvestre, while the resulting strike goes past the goalkeeper with a flash.

Henry holds off the challenge of Denis Irwin to flick the ball up for himself, spin, and launch an improbable volley over the helpless Fabien Barthez.

Stanic juggles the ball into the opposition half and decides to keep going before smashing an unstoppable volley into the top corner.