The Argentine connected the ‘rabona’ ball to score a spectacular goal in the duel against Arsenal
LONDON – Erik Lamela, Element of the Tottenham Hotspur, He scored a goal that may be among the finalists of the Puskás, an award given to the best score of the football year, and is that the Spurs midfielder scored Arsenal with a rabona that went to the corner.
It was half an hour later when the Argentine received a pass from Lucas Moura in the area of Gunners and, without thinking, he made the left-footed rattle, the same one that came out stuck to the grass and passed between the legs of Thomas Partey, on the one hand of David Luiz and who beat Bernd Leno without problems.
The London Derby thus had its first score on the scoreboard, which catapulted those led by Jose Mourinho close to European places in the Premier League; however, Martin Oodegaard equalized all minutes before the end of the first half.
In the add-on, Alexandre lacazette put the Gunners ahead with a penalty kick.
With this goal, Lamela scored his first goal in the league so far in the 2020-21 season, where he has participated in 16 games for a total of 538 minutes. His best goal-scoring campaign was in 2015-16, when he scored 5 goals.
Recently, the Argentine has earned a place in the starting XI of Mourinho and is usually regular with the Spurs in most competitions.