Bafetimbi Gomis - Player of the Week
Bafetimbi Gomis - Player of the Week
Gomis grabs the winner against Manchester Utd
Swansea City striker Bafetimbi Gomis scored the winning goal against Manchester Utd and sent the Swans up to fourth place in the Premier League. Swansea remain unbeaten this season. It was the first defeat of the season for Man Utd and they will be hoping that the signing of Anthony Martial, from Monaco, on Transfer Deadline Day for £36 million, will get them a few more goals. It was all looking good for the Red Devils when they took the lead just after half-time. Juan Mata scored the goal, after a good run and cross from Luke Shaw. But, the Swansea manager, Gary Monk, soon changed tactics, from a 4-4-2 formation to a midfield diamond and the change had immediate results. In the 61st minute, Andre Ayew, the son of three-time African Player of the Year, Abidi Pele, scored with a great header. And just five minutes later, Ayew played a fantastic pass to Gomis, who put the ball under Sergio Romero, in the Man Utd goal, at the near post. It was Gomis' ninth goal in just ten Premier League matches and he is looking like one of the best strikers in the Premier League this season. The final score was Swansea City 2-1 Manchester Utd.
"We took our chances well. Both goals were clinical." Swansea City manager, Gary Monk.
What do we know about Bafetimbi Gomis?
Bafetimbi Gomis was born on 6 August 1985 in La Seyne-sur-Mer, which is a small town on the south coast of France. He started his football career with Saint-Étienne (142 matches, 40 goals), in the French second division, and helped them to promotion before moving to Olympique Lyonnais in 2009. He scored 64 goals in 168 matches for Lyon and helped the team win the French Cup. He started his international career with a bang! He scored twice on his debut for Les Bleus, when he came on as a subsitute in a friendly against Ecuador. In the summer of 2014, Gomis signed for Swansea City on a free transfer. Gomis has now scored 11 Premier League goals and 7 of those have been winning goals, with the latest being the goal against Manchester United.
"Swansea were trying to sign me for over a year and I'm absolutely delighted to be here now." Bafetimbi Gomis.
Who has the best goal celebration?
After every goal, Gomis performs a panther celebration in tribute to the nickname he got in French football. But is Gomis' celebration the best in the Premier League? Over the years, there have been some great celebrations. Last season, Wayne Rooney imitated being knocked out by falling on the floor. He did this celebration after a story in the newspapers of Rooney being knocked out by Phil Bardsley, a Stoke City player, in a boxing match. Another great celebration was Stoke City's Peter Crouch and his robotic dancing. This celebration was inspired by the Arctic Monkey's song, I bet you look good on the Dancefloor. Jurgen Klinsmann arrived in the Premier League in 1994 with a reputation for diving, so his first goal celebration was diving on the floor to make fun of this. But, you might think players should concentrate on scoring goals and not their celebrations. If that is the case, you probably love Alan Shearer. Shearer has scored more Premier League goals than any other player and he had the same celebration for each one of his 260 goals: one arm in the air, run forward and smile!
Which player has got the best celebration in the Premier League?
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What did you understand?
Did you know......?
- Bafetimbi Gomis is the first Swansea City player to score in the first four Premier LEague games of a season.
- Gomis suffers from a type of low blood pressure, which can cause him to faint in stressful situations.
- Swansea have beaten Manchester Utd the last three matches they have played.
- Swansea City are the only current Premier League club that don't play in England.
- Swansea City have qualified to play in Europe seven times as winners of the Welsh Cup!
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06/11/2022
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• Giving message to the pundits for their unfair critics by signs or body movements during goal celebration is a polite and stylish replying way.
Movie suggestion:
• LESSONS OF A DREAM (Der ganz große Traum)-Directed by Sebastian Grobler. This Germany film is about football based on the life of German football pioneer Konrad Koch.
06/11/2022 17:21
Tottenham Hotspur
5558
Sentence
• Giving message to the pundits for their unfair critics by signs or body movements during goal celebration is a polite and stylish replying way.
Movie suggestion:
• LESSONS OF A DREAM (Der ganz große Traum)-Directed by Sebastian Grobler. This Germany film is about football based on the life of German football pioneer Konrad Koch.
16/07/2021
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I think Neymar has got the best goals celebrations. You don't know what he is up to when he scores.
In my country, whether there's no COVID, the fans are used to sing and to hug each other.
My celebrations are just the same as Alan Shearer's.
16/07/2021 18:09
Arsenal
1512
I think Neymar has got the best goals celebrations. You don't know what he is up to when he scores.
In my country, whether there's no COVID, the fans are used to sing and to hug each other.
My celebrations are just the same as Alan Shearer's.
22/06/2020
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I sometimes celebrate by flying as a plane when I score important goals :)
22/06/2020 17:44
Manchester United
6539
I sometimes celebrate by flying as a plane when I score important goals :)
22/06/2020
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We celebrate goals by jumping and chanting the player's name.
22/06/2020 17:43
Manchester United
6539
We celebrate goals by jumping and chanting the player's name.
22/06/2020
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I think Nani at Manchester United had the best goal celebration.
22/06/2020 17:42
Manchester United
6539
I think Nani at Manchester United had the best goal celebration.
19/07/2016
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George Mila of cameroon
19/07/2016 11:33
Manchester City
1734
George Mila of cameroon
01/06/2016
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When am playing in celebrate with the fans and my teammates
01/06/2016 16:27
Manchester United
4779
When am playing in celebrate with the fans and my teammates
01/06/2016
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Some fans take of their shirts in a celebration mood
01/06/2016 16:25
Manchester United
4779
Some fans take of their shirts in a celebration mood
11/03/2016
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I think Obafemi Martins has got the best goal celebration.
They celebrate crazily goals in my country,I can't describe it :)
It depends on goals and states when happens goal.
11/03/2016 08:28
Leicester City
1761
I think Obafemi Martins has got the best goal celebration.
They celebrate crazily goals in my country,I can't describe it :)
It depends on goals and states when happens goal.
06/12/2015
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I believe that the best showman was Obafemi Martins who used to do a triple forward somersault after scoring an important goal.
06/12/2015 14:59
Arsenal
3557
I believe that the best showman was Obafemi Martins who used to do a triple forward somersault after scoring an important goal.
23/11/2015
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My celebration is similar to Jürgen Klinsmann's one)) Does anybody remember it?)
23/11/2015 11:56
Arsenal
2453
My celebration is similar to Jürgen Klinsmann's one)) Does anybody remember it?)
23/11/2015
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Quite a spectacular celebration from Bafetimbi. I also like the duo of Romelu Lukaku and Aruna Kone.
23/11/2015 11:54
Arsenal
2453
Quite a spectacular celebration from Bafetimbi. I also like the duo of Romelu Lukaku and Aruna Kone.
19/11/2015
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His Celebration is fantastic
19/11/2015 18:29
Arsenal
2320
His Celebration is fantastic
03/11/2015
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Like Erik Cantona probably:-)
03/11/2015 16:20
Arsenal
3557
Like Erik Cantona probably:-)
21/10/2015
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The best celebration in my mind is whom from Romario (or perhaps Bebeto ) when after his goal in Spain he demonstrated gesture showing like taking a baby in his arm.In my country ofter players take off their shirt and showing "for you baby" or anything else writen on his underwear.
21/10/2015 11:43
Manchester City
3988
The best celebration in my mind is whom from Romario (or perhaps Bebeto ) when after his goal in Spain he demonstrated gesture showing like taking a baby in his arm.In my country ofter players take off their shirt and showing "for you baby" or anything else writen on his underwear.
27/09/2015
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I think go is has the best celebration for this season
27/09/2015 17:34
Chelsea
1814
I think go is has the best celebration for this season
21/09/2015
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When Gary Monk say that both goals were clinical did he think that both goals were classic textbook examples? Also another great comment from VerdMead96.
21/09/2015 18:12
West Ham United
538
When Gary Monk say that both goals were clinical did he think that both goals were classic textbook examples? Also another great comment from VerdMead96.
11/09/2015
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From current Premier League players I just adore Kevin Nolan who does the 'chicken dance' every time when he scores a goal. From the former ones I clearly remember Jimmy Bullard of Hull City and his 'team talk' celebration which was a parody of their coach Phil Brown. It was really funny and became vitally amusing after I'd read about the origin of this celebration. Even Phil Brown was laughing then. When it comes to the Polish fans, surely you must know the celebration called 'The Poznań'. The name comes from the Polish club Lech Poznań because their fans often did it during the matches. After the Europa League match against Manchester City the celebration was adopted by the City fans as well. The interesting thing is that not only is this celebration used to celebrate but also to show disapproval, mainly when favourite team loses a match. When I play football I always celebrate by imitating an aeroplane since aviation is my second passion. But watching football brings me much more emotions and after my team scores a goal I usually jump and scream, just to be sure that every neighbour can hear me ;).
11/09/2015 00:05
Manchester United
146
From current Premier League players I just adore Kevin Nolan who does the 'chicken dance' every time when he scores a goal. From the former ones I clearly remember Jimmy Bullard of Hull City and his 'team talk' celebration which was a parody of their coach Phil Brown. It was really funny and became vitally amusing after I'd read about the origin of this celebration. Even Phil Brown was laughing then. When it comes to the Polish fans, surely you must know the celebration called 'The Poznań'. The name comes from the Polish club Lech Poznań because their fans often did it during the matches. After the Europa League match against Manchester City the celebration was adopted by the City fans as well. The interesting thing is that not only is this celebration used to celebrate but also to show disapproval, mainly when favourite team loses a match. When I play football I always celebrate by imitating an aeroplane since aviation is my second passion. But watching football brings me much more emotions and after my team scores a goal I usually jump and scream, just to be sure that every neighbour can hear me ;).