Nathaniel Fried
There was a time when David Beckham would actually have to announce himself to the world, it was just lucky for him that he picked out one of the finest goals of all time to do it. In Manchester United’s first game of the season, Beckham picked up the ball from behind the halfway line, spots the goalkeeper just ever so slightly off his line and lets fly.
The shot is timed with such precision and has so much power to it that it somehow seems to defy physics and beats the keeper to sneak in under the crossbar and cement itself as one of the best goals ever scored.
