13 things we loved this Coronation weekend: Odegaard, TAA, Vini Jr… | OneFootball

Britain celebrated the coronation of King Charles III this weekend, but May is the month when football always crowns its champions – leading to another exciting weekend of action.

Both Manchester City and Arsenal won tricky-looking matches, while Liverpool closed the gap on Champions League challengers Manchester United and Newcastle with another victory.

Elsewhere, Plymouth Argyle were crowned League One champions, Celtic retained the Scottish Premiership and Real Madrid beat Osasuna in the Copa del Rey final.

We’ve collected 13 moments that made us smile over this Coronation weekend.

Martin Odegaard

What a season he’s had.

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The stats confirm it; Alexander-Arnold is the most creative player in the Premier League.

Virgil van Dijk

Ice cold from the commanding centre-back.

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Aaron Ramsdale

Definitely one of the best goalkeepers around.

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Alexandre Lacazette

Blimey.

Theo Hernandez

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We’re going to ignore the total lack of defending and enjoy this one.

Vinicius Junior

Tekkers.

River Plate v Boca Juniors

You expect carnage when Argentina’s Big Two clash… but this took the concept to a whole other level…

Notts County

Crikey.

Cambridge United

This is what last-day survival means.

Samuel Iling-Junior

The 19-year-old became just the third English player to ever score in Serie A for Juventus.

Lewis Wing

The final day of the season isn’t the time to worry about xG.

Seko Fofana

Lens challenging PSG for the Ligue 1 title is an incredible story.