Premier League - Your view: Berbatov edges Fab

Eurosport - Fri, 06 Nov 15:16:00 2009

As often as not there's a clear winner in our goal-of-the-week polls but this time two different strikes went neck-and-neck, with tens of thousands of votes cast in a choice that came right down to the wire.

2009-10 Premier LEague Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov celebrates goal against Blackburn - 0

But when the dust settled and the final votes were tallied, the winner was Dimitar Berbatov, whose brilliant piece of skill broke the deadlock against Blackburn at Old Trafford. Even controlling Patrice Evra's powerful ball in to the box seemed unlikely enough; but to flip it up, spin himself around in mid air and despatch a ruthless volley to the bottom left corner was quite sublime.

But as great as that goal was, the result seems a little harsh on Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas, whose solo effort from the half-way line left literally saw him escape literally half of the Tottenham side and leave Harry Redknapp's side scratching their heads. The Spanish wizard picked the ball up from a deflection just inside the Spurs half before his mixture of fizzing acceleration, perfect balance and deft control got him in position to smash the ball into the net.

Didier Drogba's side-footed effort to drive the nail in Bolton's coffin turned up in third place, but if the striker's finish had been even half as attractive as the wonderful ball-juggling in the build-up then Dimitar and Cesc might have had a bit more competition for top spot.

The only other strike that troubled the scorers was Fernando Torres's neat volley against Fulham, which was in fourth place. Although scoring the consolation goal in a 3-1 defeat is bit like finding a pound on the floor of the church during your gran's funeral.

Poll results - Best goal of the weekend?

Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd v Blackburn) 36% - 8053 votes

Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal v Tottenham) 35% - 7910 votes

Didier Drogba (Chelsea at Bolton) 13% - 3142 votes

Fernando Torres (Liverpool at Fulham) 12% - 2864 votes

25650 votes (at 7am UK time on Saturday November 7)

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  1. those polls are unessesary. make some better, based on­ european football since u are eurosport and not only­ english football!

    From Varnavas P, on Sat 7 Nov 3:52PM
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    FIXED - CESC'S GOAL WAS THE GREATEST ESPECIALLY­ AGAINST SCUMSPURS!!

    From michelle.lieberman23, on Sat 7 Nov 1:05PM

  3. Go Berba...You are our national treasure.

    From tomchev, on Sat 7 Nov 12:52PM

  4. miley cyrus takes it up the bum

    From gphemmings, on Sat 7 Nov 12:28PM

  5. Berbatov and rooney was amazing player to man united...

    From Mike, on Sat 7 Nov 12:27PM

  6. Perry, you Spuds live in a virtual reality world of­ video games. Come back to reality! Tottenham is no­ where near Arsenal in terms of class. Dream on!

    From john360, on Sat 7 Nov 12:02PM
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    The Tottenham reject Dimitar Berbatov scored a great­ goal last weekend and must give a lot of credit to­ Tottenham for teaching him such skills whilst he was at­ The Lane.
    Arsenal were ucky last week as we had Defoe­ and Lennon missing.Once they are back the Cooners will­ be quaking in their boots.Once our new stadium is­ built,rumour has it that The Emirates Stadium will be­ demolished to provide a car park for the best stadium­ in the world!

    From Perry Neeham, on Sat 7 Nov 11:51AM

  8. berbas goal was the best

    From sheshe aimar, on Sat 7 Nov 11:28AM

  9. no offence to arsenal fans but Marcus is definitely an­ anal fan

    From Jayceon Taylor, on Sat 7 Nov 11:23AM

  10. Marcus is obviously a very jealous anal fan

    From Jayceon Taylor, on Sat 7 Nov 11:22AM

  11. as a man utd fan i totally agree that fabregas is the­ best midfielder in the prem. well he definately puts­ lamps and gerrard to shame this year. sayin that so­ does fletcher,giggs and scholesy. still think berbatovs­ goal was sweet though

    From djvawnee, on Sat 7 Nov 11:19AM

  12. I went through again and again to compare Berba goal­ and that of Fab...all have their individual charm and­ brilliance... but if we weigh them according to the­ difficulties( control/ turning and shoot at that­ edge/angle ) ...Berba goal take the lead. But if you­ are really fanatic in rivalty or if you like valuable­ in the name of ...Fab goal may win in this aspect. All­ in all Berba goal will still be on the most high!

    From eddie, on Sat 7 Nov 11:14AM

  13. FAB OF COURSE...GREATEST MIDFIELDER IN ENGLAND MAYBE­ THE WORLD...TOP 3 ANYWAY...

    From Leon, on Sat 7 Nov 11:09AM

  14. Wow...I am Arsenal fan. Whatever said whatever concern­ Arsenal I always for gunners. But to be honest and­ regarding sportmanship and last not least fair­ play...Berba goal was just the awesome stuff. I watch­ this guy Berba for a long time since when he was in­ Cska Sofia , Leverkusen, Totenham(The rivals). And the­ very interesting thing is that I like his kind of play,­ technic, fast thinking and finess. This is not kind of­ player Rooney/Drogba type, .....muscles rugby type. I­ give the credit to Berba...no matter that all the time­ is playing with rival team..(.in Sofia always cheer for­ Levski he was was for CSKA, Germany -Borussia Dortmund­ fan...he was Leverkursen, England...I am Arsenal he was­ IN Archirivals side Spurs, and now again ManUnited). I­ wish him well and let him score such unique goals but­ not against my teams hahahaha. Have fun y'all!

    From eddie, on Sat 7 Nov 10:56AM

  15. It's just an internet voting, don't take it too­ seriously. Both goals were moments of brilliance we­ were happy to see, does it really matter which one is­ voted best? Nearly always it's hard to define­ clearly smth as "the best" and practically­ impossible everyone to agree with that.
    Just try and­ enjoy the masterpieces provided by the EPL players and­ don't say they are rubbish just because they are­ from a team you don't like, whichever that might­ be.

    From Neco, on Sat 7 Nov 10:52AM

  16. Absolute class & finesse by Dimitar­ Berbatov,thoroughly deserved a round of­ applaused!!!..
    what a brilliant goal,skill,technique­ & precision...what audacity!!...
    the best is yet to­ come,from the gifted Bulgarian Mafia....

    P:s..
    Your­ Highness has only this to say to all those bunch of low­ life haters!!!..

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    From Those Rats likes Bin dippin for free Cheeseburger, on Sat 7 Nov 10:47AM

  17. f u haters . berba rocks ;)

    From dobromir_kantev, on Sat 7 Nov 10:22AM
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    is berbatov @#$%
    yes -thumbs up
    no-thumbs down

    From arsenal2die4, on Sat 7 Nov 10:12AM

  19. is fabregas the best midfielder in epl?
    yes (THUMBS­ UP)
    no (THUMBS DOWN)

    From arsenal2die4, on Sat 7 Nov 10:11AM

  20. People just wake and site on their computers and type­ foolish comment how bad. guys if you have nothing to­ say just go the toilet and stay in there. it was all­ voting guys. people go and vote. berbatov won the vote­ by the most margin, it as simple as that. why­ expressing your feeling by typing rubbish. guys let­ grow up, if you have an opinion just simply vote for­ your own best goal.

    From Suberu, on Sat 7 Nov 9:39AM
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