Premier League 2021-22 review: goals of the season

We expect the ridiculous from Salah, but when he picked up possession outside the box, wide on the right, back to goal, and with João Cancelo feeling his collar, there looked nothing on. So Salah spun his man then, while absorbing a shove from Phil Foden, rolled studs over the ball to take him outside the next. Bernardo Silva was later found in lost property. Even then only a cross looked on, so Salah swayed inside, enticing Aymeric Laporte to follow, before dipping outside to snap an expert’s finish into his favourite far-post side-netting. It was a goal that only he could score, the skill, speed and composure an act of audacious impossibility, like painting a fresco on a rollercoaster.

Simply special from @MoSalah against Manchester City ✨ pic.twitter.com/GLq4F0Bohz

It seems a long time since Kovacic was either the bloke who came on for Jorginho or the bloke for whom Jorginho came on because, revitalised by Thomas Tuchel, he is now Chelsea’s most reliable midfielder. He remains an infrequent scorer, but bagged a beauty when Liverpool visited the Bridge and quickly went two goals up. There seemed little danger when Caoimhín Kelleher punched away Marcos Alonso’s free-kick, but just outside the box, Kovacic back-pedalled, then indulged in a little feet-adjusting skip before channelling his inner Daniel LaRusso to send a joyous crane-kick arcing into the net off the post, earning the rich, rare reward of a Gary Neville goalgasm. Moments later, Chelsea were level, and one of the season’s best games ended all square.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, Yarmolenko felt extreme stress. “I had to rest,” he said. “I was just thinking about my family and my people.” Three weeks later and with West Ham needing a goal, David Moyes