Today is Boxing Day. That date so special in the Premier League that he gives us soccer fans for Christmas. These are the 10 best matches ever of Boxing Day:
Liverpool arrived at Old Trafford after 5 consecutive visits without scoring there. In addition, United had deprived him of the treble in 1976 by beating them in the FA Cup final. However, the Paisley team took their revenge and turned that night into a ‘nightmare after Christmas’ for their rival. The goals were from Kennedy, Case and Fairclough
This was David Moyes’ only Boxing Day as United manager. In 13 minutes Hull led 2-0, but goals from Smalling and Rooney put the equalizer before the 30th minute. Chester’s own goal ended the comeback in the second half. Also, Fletcher returned that day after his ulcer problems. Two Christmas miracles at the same time.
Everything was very different from how it is today. It was the sheikh’s first year at City, but the skyblues were on the decline and Hull were 6th. At halftime, the humiliation was tremendous: 4-0 with two doublets by Robinho and Caicedo. The visiting coach forced his team to receive the talk of the intermission in the center of the field, as a public derision. They apologized to the fans at the end of the duel
Just 2 years ago we experienced another Christmas miracle, Just before COVID. Stoke went ahead in the first half, but in just 7 minutes in the second, Sheffield, a revelation team that year, turned around. The madness came in the discount, when the goals of Campbell in 93 and Vokes in 97 culminated an impossible comeback.
It was Henry’s first year at Arsenal and that day he scored his first hat-trick. A win that began in the first half, with both Vieira included, and culminated in the second. Ljunberg and Tony Adams added the remaining goals. The second goal of ‘Titi’ was a scandal
That meeting was a real madness. West Ham went ahead with a goal from Collins, but Gosling and Aké came back for the locals. It was in the 81st minute that Arnautovic made it 2-2, and an Austrian goal in the 89th seemed to give the Hammers an impossible comeback. However, with time almost up, Callum Wilson sealed the tie in a memorable duel
At the beginning of this century, both Bolton and Newcastle were teams in the noble zone of the Premier. Okocha ahead of the locals and the mythical Shearer put the tie. Bolton went 4-1 and seemed to sentence the duel, but a goal from Ameobi and another goal from Shearer added excitement to the game. In the end, Newcastle did not complete the comeback on a spectacular day
Ferguson’s United was immortal. This was demonstrated in the last Boxing Day of the Scotsman. Newcastle took the lead up to 3 times at Old Traford, with Perch’s 0-1, Jones’s 1-2 from an own goal and Cissé’s 2-3, Jones himself, Evra and Van Persie equalized the match, so that in minute 90 Chicharito gave an unforgettable triumph to some Red Devils that at the end of the year would win what to date is their last Premier
That year Chelsea was at the doorstep of everything: Premier runner-up in a heart attack final and Champions League on penalties, in both cases against Cristiano’s United. In December he experienced a crazy game against Aston Villa, who lost 0-2 at halftime, won 3-2 in 66 and saw how they tied in discount (4-4) from a penalty. Pure football, pure Premier League.
The palm goes to Boxing Day in 1963. Why? Because it was an ode to football. Up to 66 goals were scored in the 10 games that day. 10 from Fulham, 8 from Blackburn, Burnley beat United 6-1, … an average of almost 7 goals per game. They miss days like this, in which the ones we enjoy the most are the fans.
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