Theo Walcott Brings Down Beautiful Özil Long Ball for a Nutmeg Goal

Lord, is this a stunner from the Gunners. (Sorry. Sorry.) Everything about this play is tuned to perfection—well, except that damn Emirates Stadium shadow. Shadows aside, look at that takeaway. Look at it! Then there’s &Oumlzil’s beautiful punch on the ball to launch it just over the last Stoke defender’s head. Walcott’s run! Lord, how he boxes the man out. Walcott’s first touch gently persuades the ball to lie clean in front of him on the carpet, and he absolutely violates the keeper with a coy slide between the legs. Sexy.

Let’s take a closer look:

I want this goal tattooed in frames on my back.