LONDON (AP) — Tottenham striker Dominik Solanke was so impressed with his “remarkable” scorpion-kick goal against Manchester City that he couldn’t stop watching it on the big screen for the rest of the game.
As a cross came in just behind him, Solanke pulled off a brilliant improvised finish to deftly flick the ball with his heel over City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and into the corner of the net to complete Tottenham’s fightback in a 2-2 draw in the Premier League.
Solanke said he was forced to “make something out of nothing” and would be “watching that back a few times.”
He has started already.
“I was trying to stay focused on the game,” Solanke said, “but I heard the crowd cheering every time it was on the screen so I had a few looks.”
The goal was reminiscent of a scorpion-style effort scored by Olivier Giroud for Arsenal in a Premier League on Jan. 1, 2017, that won FIFA’s Puskas Award for the best goal that season.
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