Greatest volleys in Premier League history ranked - does Rooney, Van Persie, Scholes or Yeboah take top spot?

Is determination a much satisfying show successful shot than a sweetly-struck volley ripping into the backmost of the net?

Every instrumentality has their favourite benignant of goal, from long-range screamers to cautiously crafted squad efforts, and first-time volleys volition beryllium precocious connected the database for many.

The Premier League has people seen galore stunning volleys during its existence, and they are goals we people ne'er get bushed of watching implicit and over.

It was truthful nary large chore to delve backmost into the Premier League past books and hunt for the precise champion volleyed goals that the part has ever provided.

There person been title-winning ones, distance-defying ones and technically-perfect ones, and each 1 holds its ain entreaty and crushed to beryllium considered among the precise best.

However, we person tried to bounds our database to 20, and past fertile them to supply what we judge is the conclusive database of the top ever seen successful the division.

There are immoderate rules, though:

- Every extremity indispensable beryllium a first-time volley. No half-volleys oregon self-setups allowed.
- Bicycle kicks are not included (sorry Crouchy) - they merit their ain countdown.

So beryllium backmost and revel successful the champion of the champion - present are our 20 top Premier League volleys ever!

20. Matthew Taylor - Portsmouth (vs. Everton, 2006-07)

Certainly 1 of the astir spectacular strikes connected the list, and astir apt the 1 from furthest retired too. However, the goalkeeper was retired of presumption and the mode the shot popped up for Matty Taylor was little challenging than galore others, hence lone making 20th spot.

It was surely not a fluke, though - the Portsmouth antheral scored a akin half-volley conscionable a twelvemonth prior.

19. Cheick Tiote - Newcastle United (vs. Arsenal, 2010-11)

When it comes to improbable names connected this list, Cheick Tiote is close up there. This was the midfielder's lone extremity for Newcastle and tragically the past nonrecreational extremity helium would ever people earlier suffering a fatal bosom onslaught during a grooming session.

It is 1 nary Newcastle instrumentality volition forget, though - not lone was it spectacular successful its ain right, but it besides sealed an astonishing comeback from 4-0 down to 4-4 against the mightiness of Arsenal.

18. Alan Shearer - Newcastle United (vs. Aston Villa, 2001-02)

A overmuch much acquainted goalscoring leader for the Magpies, Alan Shearer's archetypal introduction connected this database was each astir method and finesse.

The space was against the Premier League's all-time grounds scorer arsenic the shot was floated implicit from the left, but helium simply guided it into the other apical country to permission adjacent a goalkeeper of Peter Schmeichel's lasting rooted to the spot.

17. Paul Scholes - Manchester United (vs. Bradford City, 1999-00)

A extremity which looks elemental capable until you effort it yourself (and we've each tried it). Like Shearer, this is not Paul Scholes's lone introduction connected the list.

For a extremity similar this determination is plentifulness which needs to beryllium cleanable - the walk (and determination were fewer amended than David Beckham to supply it), the timing, the transportation and a defence consenting to permission a subordinate similar Scholes unmarked connected the borderline of the area. All of those attributes came unneurotic for United against Bradford 25 years ago.

16. Alex Tettey - Norwich City (vs. Sunderland, 2013-14)

An under-appreciated volley successful the Premier League annals - Norwich had small to cheer during their doomed 2013-14 campaign, but Alex Tettey's volley gave them a infinitesimal to remember.

The midfielder did not look settled astatine each arsenic helium approached the dropping shot and, adjacent erstwhile helium struck it, his assemblage presumption seemed to beryllium each wrong. That did not forestall him from arrowing a stunning 35-yard onslaught past the keeper, though.

15. Lilian Nalis - Leicester City (vs. Leeds United, 2003-04)

Remember the name? Probably not. Remember the volley? Absolutely.

Lilian Nalis scored conscionable 1 Premier League extremity for Leicester, but what a extremity it was. Leeds astir apt thought that they had cleared the archetypal information arsenic the shot dropped to the French midfielder, but helium sent it backmost with interest.

14. Tugay - Blackburn Rovers (vs. Tottenham, 2006-07)

Tugay was connected the incorrect broadside of 30 erstwhile helium joined Blackburn successful 2001 but went connected to go a nine fable during his eight-year enactment astatine Ewood Park - mostly owed to the fig of spectacular goals helium scored.

Perhaps the champion of the batch came astatine the tender property of 36, erstwhile helium caught a dropping shot perfectly to permission Tottenham's defence helpless.

13. Laurent Robert - Newcastle United (vs. Tottenham, 2003-04)

Another European midfielder who built a cult leader presumption based mostly connected stunning long-range strikes, Laurent Robert's fearsome changeable powerfulness was possibly champion demonstrated with this volley.

The Frenchman was connected the agelong arsenic the shot dropped onto his deadly near foot, but helium inactive caught it perfectly, with Tottenham again the squad connected the receiving end.

12. Muzzy Izzet - Leicester City (vs. Tottenham, 1998-99)

Poor aged Tottenham - they person been connected the incorrect extremity of immoderate unthinkable volleys down the years, and this 1 is from different cult hero.

Muzzy Izzet's tops Tugay and Roberts by virtuousness of being fired into the other corner, though, leaving the keeper nary accidental contempt his champion efforts.

11. Jermain Defoe - Sunderland (vs. Newcastle, 2014-15)

The champion Tyne-Wear derby extremity successful Premier League history? There is surely a beardown lawsuit for that statement arsenic Jermain Defoe arrowed his volley into the apical country for Sunderland against Newcastle.

The prolific striker watched the shot driblet onto his weaker foot, but inactive felt assured capable to effort his luck and duly sent the Mackems into raptures.

10. Gareth Bale - Tottenham Hotspur (vs. Stoke City, 2010-11)

Gareth Bale was nigh-on unstoppable astatine his champion for Tottenham successful the aboriginal 2010s, and this volley is close up determination with his champion goals for the club.

This 1 is each astir technique, with Bale mounting himself and gathering the shot precocious earlier sending it into the postage stamp of the apical corner.

9. Alan Shearer - Newcastle United (vs. Everton, 2002-03)

While technically-sound volleys similar Bale's tin beryllium a happening of beauty, sometimes a thumping onslaught is overmuch much satisfying. That is not to accidental that Shearer's 2nd introduction connected this database was immoderate little awesome technically than it was pleasing aesthetically, though.

The erstwhile England skipper scored 260 goals successful the Premier League, a tally no-one has travel adjacent to matching, but this whitethorn good beryllium the precise champion of the lot.

8. Wayne Rooney - Manchester United (vs. Newcastle, 2004-05)

Speaking of thumping volleys, this 1 was calved retired of axenic vexation arsenic Wayne Rooney - caller from an statement with the referee - blasted an unstoppable effort into the apical corner.

By this signifier the England antheral had already established himself arsenic a prodigious talent, but this onslaught was 1 of the archetypal successful a agelong database of genuinely large goals during his Premier League career.

7. Danny Rose - Tottenham Hotspur (vs. Arsenal, 2009-10)

Has determination ever been a amended debut goal? Has determination ever been a amended North London derby goal? The juncture matched the onslaught erstwhile Spurs met Arsenal successful 2009-10, with a young Danny Rose announcing himself connected the country successful unforgettable manner conscionable 9 minutes into his archetypal top-flight appearance.

Yes, the goalkeeper was retired of presumption and whitethorn person saved it had helium not conscionable punched the shot clear, but you cannot instrumentality thing distant from the strike.

6. Paolo Di Canio - West Ham United (vs. Wimbledon, 1999-00)

Narrowly, and possibly controversially, missing retired connected the apical 5 is Paolo Di Canio's iconic scissor footwear for West Ham against Wimbledon successful 1999-00.

The mercurial Italian showed flashes of brilliance during his clip successful the Premier League, and nary much truthful than present arsenic helium produced a extremity the similar of which is seldom adjacent thought of, yet unsocial successfully carried retired from specified an angle.

5. Robin van Persie - Manchester United (vs. Aston Villa, 2012-13)

A extremity befitting of the juncture - Rooney's walk was inch-perfect for Van Persie, but astir would person taken a interaction alternatively than taking connected specified a technically-difficult onslaught archetypal time.

Van Persie connected with it perfectly, though, putting the icing connected an unthinkable idiosyncratic run which went a agelong mode to ensuring that Sir Alex Ferguson ended his Manchester United reign with a 13th Premier League crown.

4. Andros Townsend - Crystal Palace (vs. Manchester City, 2018-19)

It usually takes thing peculiar to bushed Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, and Andros Townsend surely provided that arsenic Crystal Palace stunned the champions astatine the Etihad Stadium successful 2018-19.

The tallness astatine which helium met the ball, the powerfulness with which helium struck it and the trajectory astatine which it flew into the apical country were each retired of the precise apical drawer, ensuring that the astir caller extremity successful this database instantly changeable into the apical five.

3. Tony Yeboah - Leeds United (vs. Liverpool, 1995-96)

From the newest connected the database to the oldest - Tony Yeboah is the OG erstwhile it comes to Premier League volleys, though this is the lone 1 which qualifies nether our parameters.

A sweetly-struck volley is satisfying capable connected its own, but throwing the underside of the crossbar into the equation lone adds to that. Yeboah's onslaught remains the modular by which each consequent Premier League volleys are judged.

2. Robin van Persie - Arsenal (vs. Charlton Athletic, 2006-07)

With 2 entries successful the apical five, Van Persie whitethorn good person usurped Yeboah arsenic the Premier League's volley-meister general. Again, method reigns with this one, though connected this juncture helium had nary clip to acceptable himself arsenic helium met the shot astatine near-shoulder tallness portion moving astatine afloat pace.

Of each the volleys connected this list, this is possibly the astir hard to replicate.

1. Paul Scholes - Manchester United (vs. Aston Villa, 2006-07)

A volley with beauteous overmuch everything; cleanable technique, plentifulness of powerfulness and going successful disconnected the underside of the crossbar. The shot came down from specified a tallness that a coating of snowfall whitethorn person been dislodged arsenic Scholes swung his footwear astatine it successful ludicrously languid fashion.

Even Scholes himself looked amazed astatine the effect arsenic the unstoppable volley tore into the backmost of the nett via the woodwork - a sensational onslaught which deserves its presumption arsenic the top Premier League volley of each time.

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