{"id":298013,"date":"2023-12-01T01:24:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T01:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=298013"},"modified":"2023-12-01T01:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T01:24:35","slug":"pierre-emerick-aubamayeng-scores-bicycle-kick-to-end-goal-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/pierre-emerick-aubamayeng-scores-bicycle-kick-to-end-goal-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre Emerick Aubamayeng scores bicycle kick to end goal drought."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Pierre Emerick Aubamayeng scores stunning bicycle kick to end five-game goal drought&#8230; with some fans stating it was BETTER than Alejandro Garnacho&#8217;s strike against Everton<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pierre Emerick Aubamayeng scored a sublime overhead kick against Ajax<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Some fans believe his effort was actually better than\u00a0Alejandro Garnacho&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Manchester United in a mess &#8211; they have a collapse in them &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pierre Emerick Aubamayeng scored a sublime overhead kick against Ajax in the Europa League on Thursday evening to end a five-game goal drought and open up a debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amine Harit received the ball out wide and drove into the box before chipping it over to the former Arsenal and Chelsea\u00a0striker &#8211; who launched himself into the air and executed a sensational bicycle kick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The goal saw the Marseille fans erupt, with the French side moving into the lead, 3-2 after 47 minutes.\u00a0Aubamayeng went on score a stoppage time penalty to secure a hat-trick &#8211; having already found the back of the net for the first time after nine minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, it was the bicycle kick that got people talking. Many took to social media to say it was &#8216;better&#8217; than\u00a0<span>Alejandro Garnacho&#8217;s sublime overhead kick against <\/span>Everton<span>\u00a0last week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Garnacho&#8217;s outrageous effort gave United a third-minute lead at Goodison Park amid vocal protests from the home fans about the Premier League&#8217;s decision to deduct the Toffees 10 points for breaching financial rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/00\/78449333-12812269-image-a-16_1701391433855.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pierre Emerick Aubamayeng scored a sublime overhead kick against Ajax in the Europa League on Thursday evening to end a five-game goal drought and open up a debate<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/00\/78449331-12812269-image-a-15_1701391418208.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Amine Harit received the ball out wide and drove into the box before chipping it over to the striker &#8211; who launched himself into the air and executed a sensational bicycle kick<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster, 19, managed to get on the end of\u00a0<span>Diogo Dalot<\/span><span>&#8216;s cross and connect beautifully with the ball to send it flying into the top-right-hand corner of the goal &#8211; with many saying it was even better than Wayne Rooney&#8217;s effort for Man United\u00a0in 2011.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So, with two quality overhead kicks in the space of two days, there was only one thing to do&#8230; debate it on Twitter, now known as X. Fans were divided in their opinion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One fan wrote: &#8216;I&#8217;m sorry but that&#8217;s got to better than\u00a0Garnacho&#8217;s&#8217;. While another said: &#8216;Aubamayeng knocking\u00a0Garnacho off the top spot with this one&#8217;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, some were favouring Garnacho&#8217;s strike, saying: &#8216;That&#8217;s not true. Garnacho got the best bicycle kick.&#8217; Another\u00a0added: &#8216;It\u2019s just not though, Is it?&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One social media user wrote: &#8216;In terms of the angle the goal is scored from, Garnacho has the edge&#8230;&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While one fan joked: &#8216;Clearly those saying Aubamayeng&#8217;s effort was as good as Garnacho&#8217;s are Arsenal fans&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Aubamayeng won&#8217;t be too fussed about who&#8217;s goal was better, he will have just been happy to have found the back of the net after struggling to score over the course of Marseille last five games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The hat-trick hero will be hoping to build on his performance when\u00a0Marseille take on\u00a0<\/span><span>Rennes on Sunday evening at home in Ligue 1.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/00\/78449395-12812269-image-a-17_1701391522014.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Many took to social media to say it was &#8216;better&#8217; 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