Goal Of The Day: Zlatan Scores Brilliant Bicycle Kick Against England
It simply couldn't have been anything else.
Four years ago today England fans sang "You're just a shit Andy Carroll" at Zlatan Ibrahimovic.The Swede responded by scoring a 15 minute hat-trick including one of the best goals you're likely to see!
On November 14th 2012 England played Sweden in a friendly to open a new stadium. The England squad on the night included six debutants aged from 17 to 31 with teenager Raheem Sterling and old man Leon Osman making their international bows.
One man who made his debut off the bench was well and truly embarrassed by Ibra. Ryan Shawcross came on with 74 minutes of the match gone. England were 2-1 up after Danny Welbeck and Steven Caulker had replied to Zlatan's opener.
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Just three minutes later Sweden were level and in the 84th minute the Swede became the first man to score a hat-trick against England for the first time since Marco van Basten in 1988.
The best was to come though with Ibrahimovic scoring a wonderful bicycle kick after Joe Hart decided to race off his line in an attempt to head the ball clear. Zlatan dared to Zlatan:
Steven Gerrard's 100th England cap was well and truly overshadowed, as were the debuts of Sterling, Osman, Shawcross, Caulker, Carl Jenkinson and Wilfried Zaha.
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What a goal!
Ryan Sidle