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As one of the best football leagues in the world, it is no surprise that the premier league has produced some wonderful goals over the years.
Teddy Sheringham, Tony Yeboah, and Dennis Bergkamp are few names that come to mind when exquisite goals are mentioned.
The tradition has been carried forward too, with premier league players winning two FIFA Puskas awards, the joint highest by leagues.
Every month, an award is given to the player who has scored the best goal via an online voting system. As expected, there were some world class goals scored this season too and here is the list of them.
#5 Sofiane Boufal for Southampton vs West Brom
Undeniably, one of the best goals of his career, Sofiane Boufal was smiling from ear to ear after scoring one of the wonder goals of the season, in the early stages of the campaign.
The former Lille winger won the ball mid-way in his own half and went past five West Brom defenders before calmly slotting his shot into the bottom right corner of the opposition goal.
To add to the significance, it was the goal which won his team the match with five minutes remaining on the clock. The Morrocan showed modesty in the post-match press conference by saying that the win was more important than his skillful goal.
Watch the goal here:
#4 Wayne Rooney vs West Ham
As one of the legends of the Premier League, Wayne Rooney has scored some wonderful goals over the years, most notably his overhead kick vs Manchester City in 2010. However, in November 2017, he scored a goal that could match his overhead kick in quality.
Rooney saw that his compatriot, Joe Hart, was off his line and had made a half clearance.
When the ball fell to his feet, the former England and Manchester United star just had to hit the target with his shot.
It was no small feat as the goal was 59 yards away. However, Rooney did score to grab his first Hat-trick for boyhood club Everton, as the Toffees went on to win 4-0 at Goodison Park.
Watch the goal here:
#3 Jermain Defoe vs Crystal Palace
Jermain Defoe has played for a host of Premier League clubs in his long-spanning career and is now plying his trade for Bournemouth after he was relegated with Sunderland last season.
He has had limited playing time, but when called upon, the Englishman scored a seemingly impossible goal at Selhurst Park.
The former Tottenham Hotspur striker received a good looking ball from the midfield through Lewis Cook but was pushed to the corner of the box by Crystal Palace defenders.
However, he managed to volley the ball over Speroni and into the goal from a very tight angle to bag his second goal of the game.
The game finished 2-2 after Cristian Benteke missed a penalty, but the main talking point from the game was Defoe's goal.
Watch the goal here:
#2 Charlie Daniels vs Manchester City
Another volley and another Bournemouth goal on this list was through Charlie Daniels. The Englishman has been with Bournemouth since their league-one days and recently signed a contract extension just after scoring this wonder goal.
The defender received the ball after a Dan Gosling cross was half cleared and he wrapped his foot around the ball and hit it with incredible force. The ball then swirled away from Ederson and hit the underside of the woodwork before going in.
#1 Antonio Valencia vs Everton
Valencia's kickstarted United's rout of Everton
Antonio Valencia is one name which does not come to mind when wonder goals are being talked about. However, this season, the Ecuadorian has scored a goal which has been adjudged as Manchester United's best goal of 2017.
When asked about the goal, Valencia said,
"It's a goal that I am proud of. I just hit it into the back of the net and then heard the crowd erupt at Old Trafford. It was a great feeling and it gave us the start we needed against Everton, we came away with three points which ended the day perfectly."
The 32-year-old received the ball on a half volley and struck it with all his might into the top corner from 23 yards out to start the 4-0 demolition of Everton that day.
Watch the goal here:
