What with Tottenham’s Ryan Mason and Leicester’s Nathan Dyer both injuring themselves scoring late winners on Sunday, we had a rummage around for footage of other recent such instances.
Please note: players injuring themselves celebrating a goal were not included for consideration. That’s another list for another day…
Robin van Persie for Arsenal v Birmingham, 2011 League Cup final
Vintage RVP, this: scorcher of a strike, niggler of an injury…
Gary Cahill for Chelsea v Barcelona, 2015
Taking a whack to the nose in one of those glorified friendly things…
Loïc Rémy for Chelsea v Maribor, 2014
A fine microcosm of the French striker’s career to date…
Nicklas Bendtner for Arsenal v Cardiff, 2014
Yes, Bendtner did score as recently as 2014…
Leon Osman for Everton v Man City, 2011
Extra marks for celebrating with the crowd when he eventually gets up…
Romelu Lukaku for Everton v West Ham, 2013
Here he is talking about the late winner on his Everton debut that he couldn’t remember…
Alvaro López for Cobreloa v Union Espanola
Not for the squeamish…
Julio Baptista for Malaga v Getafe, 2011
Worth it, frankly…