Strangest Premier League goal ever? Nani's 2010 strike in Man Utd v Spurs is still so bizarre

Nani was a scintillating bag of tricks, flicks and goals during his peak at Manchester United.

The Portuguese winger signed for the club in 2008 and was unfortunately always judged alongside Cristiano Ronaldo’s exploits, making it very difficult for fans to appreciate just how good he was.

When at his best, Nani was unplayable and his goal and assist records reflected that. And how can we ever forget his iconic, acrobatic celebrations? The Premier League at its best.

Never one to shy away from doing things the hard way, Nani was synonymous with only really scoring wonder goals, often from long distance or after a slaloming run of skills from out wide.

It’s rather strange to know, then, that he scored the strangest goal in Premier League history, which had absolutely no regard for aesthetics and confuses anyone who watches it, even 12 years on.

Seriously – we’ve got absolutely no idea how it stood, even in an era long before the grips of VAR.

United hosted Tottenham at Old Trafford in 2010 and were already 1-0 up thanks to a header from Nemanja Vidic – assisted by Nani – but doubled their lead in extremely controversial circumstances shortly after through the Portugal international.

Bursting through on goal, Nani appears to be fouled in the box by Younes Kaboul who was pulling on his shirt, forcing him to the floor as a result.

Mark Clattenburg did not award a penalty though and allowed play to continue as normal, which is where things get rather weird. Take a look for yourself below.

Right, let’s assess.

After Nani is brought down and convinced he should be awarded a penalty, he stays down momentarily before getting back up to his feet, at which point Heurelho Gomes has put the ball on the floor to resume play.

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