Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw scored an absolute beauty against Leicester City this evening to make it 2-0 in their Premier League meeting.
The England international put a frustrating Old Trafford career up to now behind him by getting forward to net with a superb piece of individual skill.
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Watch the Shaw goal video below and judge for yourselves, but a number of fans on Twitter are now hailing this strike as even better than Dennis Bergkamp’s Premier League classic for Arsenal against Newcastle back in 2002.
https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1028018886191538181
On that day, the Dutchman produced a sublime first touch that saw him beat a defender from what looked an impossible position before rolling the ball into the back of the net.
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Loading ...Similarly here, Shaw’s touch initially looks a strange one, but he works his way around his opponent to then produce a neat finish from close range.
We’re not sure he entirely meant it like Bergkamp seemed to, but here’s how it’s going down on Twitter right now…
https://twitter.com/GaryBMarshall/status/1028019219705876480
https://twitter.com/rorisvng/status/1028018921159438336
Better than Bergkamp against Newcastle.
— ?? (@nteldn) August 10, 2018
@LukeShaw23 better touch than Bergkamp!
— Chris Lawlor (@chrislawlor84) August 10, 2018
Better than Bergkamp ?
— Sameep Malla (@SameepMalla) August 10, 2018
Luke shaws goal was better than Bergkamp’s
— Alex Millar (@alexmillar97) August 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/chr15nay/status/1028018433768742913
That play and finish from Shaw better than Bergkamp’s fluke #MUNLEI
— A$AP Choppy (@Chops8592) August 10, 2018
Better than Bergkamp that touch ???
— Judder (@judder25) August 10, 2018