Saturday, October 1, 2016

Payet evokes memories of Maradona with West Ham solo goal (The Associated Press)

Liverpool's Roberto Firmino, left, celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the game with Sadio Mane, centre, against Swansea City during their English Premier League soccer match at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea, England, Saturday Oct. 1, 2016. (Nigel French / PA via AP)

Thirty years after Diego Maradona's goal of the century, West Ham winger Dimitri Payet wound back the clock with a brilliantly executed solo goal on Saturday evoking memories of the Argentina great. Unlike Maradona's 1986 World Cup strike , after charging through brittle English resistance, Payet's mazy run through Middlesbrough's defense came on a far less significant occasion.


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