{"id":1084504,"date":"2019-04-16T17:32:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T16:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1084504"},"modified":"2019-04-16T17:32:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T16:32:45","slug":"goal-of-the-season-saunders-arsenal-aubameyang-goal-vs-watford","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/goal-of-the-season-saunders-arsenal-aubameyang-goal-vs-watford\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Goal of the season’: Saunders delivers bizarre assessment of Aubameyang goal vs Watford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dean Saunders believes Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s goal against Watford on Monday is the ‘goal of the season’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the same round of fixtures, Mohamed Salah delivered a piledriver to help Liverpool inflict a 2-0 defeat on Chelsea to return to the top of the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Saunders’ Aubameyang claim: Four key things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Aubameyang dispossesed Ben Foster to score the winning goal for Arsenal against Watford.<\/li>\n
  2. TalkSPORT’s Dean Saunders believes this strike is the ‘goal of the season’.<\/li>\n
  3. In the same round of fixtures, Salah scored from 25-yards to help Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-0.<\/li>\n
  4. Many fans believe that strike, or Andros Townsend’s against Man City in December, should be goal of the season.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7234057-i-can-t-think-of-any-potential-arsenal-signings-that-make-more-sense<\/p>\n

    Aubameyang’s goal, meanwhile, was an opportunistic strike after he chased down a heavy touch from Watford stopper Ben Foster near his own goal-line.<\/p>\n

    And Saunders believes Aubameyang’s ‘determination’ in ‘chasing a lost cause’ is the reason why the ex-Dortmund man’s strike should be held in higher regard than Salah’s.<\/p>\n

    \u201cFor me, this is going to sound stupid, goal of the season for me,\u201d he said on talkSPORT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    \u201cYou look at Salah\u2019s goal and you think \u2018how could that be better?\u2019<\/p>\n

    \u201cAubameyang has chased a lost cause which is a goal that he\u2019s got out of nothing.<\/p>\n

    \u201cPersonally for me, as a striker and coaching strikers I enjoyed that more than Salah\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Imww_za6yZI<\/p>\n

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    \u201cHe turned a back pass, with his effort and determination, and he\u2019s won them the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Aubameyang’s goal sealed a 1-0 win for Arsenal over the Hornets, lifting them back above Man Utd and Chelsea into fourth place.<\/p>\n

    Fans react to Saunders’ ‘nonsense’ Aubameyang claim<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Granted, Aubameyang’s commitment to chase down a back-pass was both impressive and vital in getting Unai Emery’s side the win.<\/p>\n

    However, to claim his goal should stand above Salah’s or Andros Townsend’s volley against Manchester City earlier this season is ambitious at best.<\/p>\n

    As always, fans were quick to let Saunders know what they felt on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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    He is absolute nonsense. Too busy trying to be controversial (like this), rather than doing his homework and actually doing a decent punditry job.<\/p>\n

    — FPL Family (@FPLFamily) April 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n