Football Further

‘Goal of the Week’

Wayne Rooney (Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City):

Honourable mention(s): Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands 3-1 Austria); Hanno Balitsch (Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Bayer Leverkusen); Robin van Persie (Arsenal 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers); David Villa (Sporting Gijon 1-1 Barcelona)

Cheik Tiote (Newcastle United 4-4 Arsenal):

Honourable mention(s): James McCarthy (Wigan Athletic 4-3 Blackburn Rovers)

Tadanari Lee (Japan 1-0 Australia):

Honourable mention(s): Karim Benzema (Sevilla 0-1 Real Madrid); Deme N’Diaye (Arles-Avignon 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain); Claudio Marchisio (Juventus 1-2 Udinese)

Raul Meireles (Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 Liverpool):

Honourable mention(s): Jérémy Menez (Roma 3-0 Cagliari)

Cani (Villarreal 4-2 Osasuna):

Honourable mention(s): Carlos Tévez (Manchester City 4-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers); Samuel (Sporting 2-3 Paços de Ferreira); Roberto Carlos (Corinthians 2-0 Portuguesa)

Edinson Cavani (Napoli 1-0 Lecce):

Honourable mention(s): Matías Suárez (Anderlecht 2-0 Hajduk Split)

Juan Manuel Martínez (Racing Club 0-2 Vélez Sársfield):

Honourable mention(s): Eran Zahavi (Lyon 2-2 Hapoel Tel Aviv); Lionel Messi (Barcelona 5-0 Real Sociedad)

Pedro Rodríguez (Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid):

Honourable mention(s): Edinson Cavani (FC Utrecht 3-3 Napoli); Adam Johnson (Manchester City 3-0 Red Bull Salzburg); Zoran Tošić (CSKA Moscow 5-1 Lausanne Sports); Samir Nasri (Arsenal 2-1 Fulham); Samir Nasri (Arsenal 2-1 Fulham); Eliseu (Malaga 4-1 Racing Santander)

Caio (Avaí 3-2 Santos):

Honourable mention(s): Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Blackpool); Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United 7-1 Blackburn Rovers); Marcos Senna (Real Zaragoza 0-3 Villarreal); Dinei (Palmeiras 1-2 Fluminense)

Luke Varney (Blackpool 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers):

Honourable mention(s): Lionel Messi (Argentina 1-0 Brazil); Jérémy Menez (Roma 2-0 Udinese); Raúl (Schalke 04 4-0 Werder Bremen); Samuel Eto’o (Chievo 2-1 Internazionale)

Johan Elmander (Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Bolton Wanderers):

Honourable mention(s): Lionel Messi (Barcelona 3-1 Villarreal); Nedum Onuoha (Chelsea 0-3 Sunderland); Alberto Costa (Valencia 2-0 Getafe); Patric (Internacional 2-3 Avaí)

Romain Poyet (Lille 3-1 Brest, 2:09):

Honourable mentions: Tiago (Rosenborg 1-2 Atlético Madrid); Eduardo (Kryvbas 0-2 Shakhtar Donetsk); Sidney Sam (Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 Kaiserslautern); Radamel Falcao (Porto 5-0 Benfica)

Pablo Aimar (Benfica 2-0 Paços de Ferreira):

Honourable mention(s): Mounir El Hamdaoui (Ajax 3-1 Heerenveen); Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli 1-2 Milan); Dimitrije Injac (Lech Poznań 4-1 Wisła Kraków)

Gareth Bale (Internazionale 4-3 Tottenham Hotspur)

Chris Maguire (Scotland Under-21 1-2 Iceland Under-21):

Honourable mention(s): Lukas Podolski (Kazakhstan 0-3 Germany); Mounir El Hamdaoui (Ajax 3-0 NAC Breda); Anthony Mounier (Nice 2-1 Saint-Etienne)