By Alan Duffy
He may have only come second to Arsenal’s Robin Van Persie in the Football Writers’ 11/12 Player of the Year award, but Man Utd striker Wayne Rooney will be more than pleased to have garnered the award for the best Premier League goal ever. The award was voted for by fans and to be fair, the top three are all superb goals.
The strike which won it was Rooney’s magnificent, gymnastic volley against Manchester City at Old Trafford last February, which took 26% of the votes…
Dennis Bergkamp’s sublime reverse turn and shot against Newcastle in March 2002 came second, courtesy of a 19% share of the vote…
While another Arsenal icon, Thierry Henry, came in third, with 15% of the votes for his goal against Manchester United in 2000. (Apologies for the poor quality of the video…)