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Ben Browning·21 November 2024
📽️ Has any defender scored a better Champions League goal than this? 😱
📽️ Has any defender scored a better Champions League goal than this? 😱 | OneFootball
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When you think of all-time great goals, Philippe Mexès may not immediately come to mind but he may well have a claim.
The Milan defender found the net with a beautiful overhead kick in the 2012/13 Champions League to help his side beat Anderlecht.
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Chesting down a lofted free kick, he acrobatically launched the ball past the Anderlecht goalkeeper from the edge of the penalty area to put his side 2-0 up on the night, in a game they eventually went on to win 3-1.
Has a defender ever scored a better goal in the Champions League?
📸 Dean Mouhtaropoulos - 2012 Getty Images
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