These Puskas award nominees (VIDEO BELOW) have been shortlisted by world football’s governing body for the best goals of 2014. These are the top ten goals scored between 3 October 2013 and 26 September 2014, which explains why recent stunners like Erik Lamela’s rabona wonder in the Europa League didn’t make it to this list.
Some obvious crackers in the list- Zlatan’s beauty, Cahill, RVP and James from the World Cup, Kasami against Fulham, but also check out Stephanie Roche’s goal.
This cracking Sigurdsson free kick v Arsenal (VIDEO BELOW) and Bafetimbi Gomis’ header saw Swansea come from behind to beat Arsenal in their league clash on 9 November, 2014. Gomis’ header was his first touch as a sub, and again illustrated Arsenal’s defensive problems aerially. Arsenal took the lead through Alexis’ goal against Swansea that rounded off a quality counter attack from the Gunners
This Juan Mata goal vs Crystal Palace (VIDEO BELOW) gave Man Utd a narrow win over the Eagles in their league fixture on 8 November, 2014. Mata’s goal against Palace came midway through the second half, but one could argue that Palace stopper Julian Speroni should’ve done better.