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Score like Scholes: Mahrez challenge

#GoalsRecreated continues

Score like Scholes: Mahrez challenge  #GoalsRecreated continues

 

Riyad Mahrez, the best player from the last Premier League, has lent himself to #GoalsRecreated game for BT Sport. The challenge: to reproduce Paul Scholes’ epic goal against Bradford City in the 1999-00 Premier League. Direct corner kick outside the box, right-footed that bag behind Matt Clarke.

For Riyad, the chosen foot is the left, but the goal is the same. Among cross poorly calibrated - I don’t think he’s Beckham”, joked Mahrez - and stricken cameras, the Leicester City's midfielder has only four attempts to replicate Scholes’ action. Mission accomplished? Judge for yourself: