PICK THAT ONE OUT!
It was one of those goals so breathtakingly spectacular, it could symbolise a career. A goal that has kids and amateurs trying to replicate it. A goal that thrills the Everton fan and impresses the neutral.
The kind of strike that means, when Toffees fans look back at this period 10 years down the line, they’ll see Richarlison upside down, left leg pointing purposely into the sky, and the ball flying unexpectedly into David de Gea’s net.
Everton’s league match against Manchester United in April was only 13 minutes old when Richarlison raised the roof at Goodison Park. French full-back Lucas Digne hurled a long throw towards the Red Devils’ penalty area and Dominic Calvert-Lewin nodded the ball towards the far post, where the Brazilian forward was lurking.
With Diogo Dalot stooping to head clear, Everton’s No.30 had seconds to react. Not enough time to bring the ball down, nor in a position to head it with any force. So he went for it. In one instantaneous motion, he shifted his bodyweight, whipped his left boot up over his head, and blasted the ball high into the net.
Dalot could only look on, stunned that he hadn’t got to the ball first. Richarlison was so overjoyed, he couldn’t even muster the composure to do his trademark pigeon dance celebration. It clearly meant a lot.
“Football is everything in my life,” beams the 22-year-old, chatting to at the end of his first season at Goodison Park following a £50 million move from Watford last summer. “I treat
