FA Cup final: Who scored the best goal?
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There's something magical about those seconds before the FA Cup final kicks off. Trumpets and tin-foil trophies, players as tense as the travelling fans, gaffers pacing the dugout in full club suits. The anticipation of a new hero emerging.
Some goals, though, are written in FA Cup folklore, rolled out for every cup final montage - they're the belters, the moments of individual magic, the strikes that sealed shock wins.
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I've chosen 10 that make an all-time list and here are a couple of them. See how they ranked by accessing the full article at the bottom of this post.
Charlie George - Arsenal v Liverpool 1971
The celebration is iconic. Charlie George in yellow, laying down on his back, arms outstretched, lifting his head and scruffily sideburned cheeks before he is mobbed by Arsenal team-mates after scoring the winner against Liverpool deep into extra time.
You can almost sense the burning quads and cramping calf muscles through the grainy footage as George plays a one-two before lashing a strike beyond Ray Clemence from the edge of the box to seal Arsenal a league and cup double.
"As soon as it left my foot, I knew it was a goal," said the maverick Gunners forward.
Ray Parlour - Arsenal v Chelsea 2002
Ray Parlour was never prolific. In fact, he had only scored once in 37 games all season before Arsenal's FA Cup final against Chelsea in 2002.
But the 'Romford Pele' could produce when it mattered. With 20 minutes to go at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, the midfielder's sweaty curls could be spotted bounding through blue shirts to pick up Sylvain Wiltord's pass.
Parlour looked like he wanted to shift the ball on to a team-mate but, as William Gallas and Marcel Desailly backed off, suddenly he had room 30 yards out to curl an effort beyond despairing goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini.
Freddie Ljungberg scored a special solo effort of his own 10 minutes later to take the trophy back to north London.