The outrage at Goodison Park turned to astonishment. At least, for a few seconds. Alejandro Garnacho scored one of the goals of the year against Everton this Sunday, silencing the protests of Toffee fans over the deduction of 10 points to his team in the standings for failing to comply with the financial fair play of the Premier League. Furthermore, the 19-year-old footballer collaborated in the Red Devils' away victory (0-3).
Only three minutes of the game had been played, when Dalot placed a cross from the right wing whose recipient did not seem very clear. Martial tried to finish it off inside the area, but the Frenchman had a cyclone just a few meters away from him. It was Garnacho who was already levitating in the air to save a ball that seemed lost: he jumped and shot the ball with his right leg with his back to the rival goal, delivering a perfect overhead kick. Impossible for Pickford.
Many compare the Hispanic-Argentine's overhead kick with the one Wayne Rooney performed in a Manchester United-City game in the 2010-11 Premier League season. Even the one that Cristiano Ronaldo gave to the fans at the Juventus Stadium in the quarterfinals of the Champions League in 2018, when the Portuguese was still wearing the Real Madrid shirt.
“It was a fantastic goal. It's probably already the goal of the season. The definition is incredible,” said Erik ten Hag about the target signed by Garnacho at a press conference. “He has great potential, but if you want to be a player like Rooney or Ronaldo you have to score 20 or 25 goals in the Premier and that is not easy to achieve,” added the Dutch coach about his forward, whom he recommends working “hard” and “constantly”.
Everton fans protested during the clash against United over the 10-point deduction that their team took two weeks ago due to irregularities in financial fair play, according to the Premier. Goodison Park showed its discontent with this measure with red cards with the word “corrupt” in reference to the English competition.
"Where there is power, greed and money, there is corruption" was another of the slogans that could be seen around the Everton fiefdom. In addition, the Liverpool team also made their protests visible in other stadiums, when a small plane flew over the Etihad Stadium last Saturday on the occasion of Manchester City-Liverpool (1-1). The last champion of the Champions League has been accused since the beginning of 2023 of violating 115 economic rules of the Premier League.
