This 2022/23 season has been pretty remarkable, hasn’t it?
A winter World Cup, games being chucked at us with relentless consistency, a certain Norwegian smashing up every goal record to ever exist, you could go on…
The current Premier League campaign has been many things, and it’ll go down as the season for quick-fire starts. Ten goals have been scored in the first minute of games this term, more than any other campaign in Premier League history.
The likes of Alexis Mac Allister, Jack Grealish, Gabriel Martinelli, Wilfried Gnonto, and Kelechi Iheanacho have all scored in the opening 60 seconds this season, but their strikes were not quick enough to make the top five fastest in the division.
It only took 45 seconds!
Fulham take a quick lead in this London Derby thanks to a Bobby De Cordova-Reid goal. #FFC
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This August west London Derby got off to a scintillating start thanks to Fulham wide man Bobby Decordova-Reid.
It was hardly a pretty finish, but Decordova-Reid was in the right place at the right time following a scramble in the Brentford box. The Fulham star just about scrambled his effort home from close range after Harrison Reed’s shot had deflected onto the crossbar.
After racing into an early lead, the Cottagers then struck at the death through Aleksandar Mitrovic to secure a 3-2 win.
McNeil’s strike after just 36 seconds was enough to earn Everton a priceless victory over poor Brentford – once again victims of an early strike – in March.
While Decordova-Reid’s first-minute goal against the Bees was scrappy at best, this was a fine goal from the Everton winger. After picking up the ball in an inside left position, McNeil unleashed a pinpoint effort across David Raya to thrust a buoyant Goodison Park into a state of delirium.
Abdoulaye Doucouré puts the travelling Toffees in front inside the first minute! 😱 pic.twitter.com/HD9qFpw9WY
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 8, 2023
Doucoure, who teed up McNeil’s goal against Brentford, joined his teammate in the top five on Monday evening as he kick-started Everton’s stunning 5-1 victory over Brighton at the Amex.
An efficient Everton break led by Dominic Calvert-Lewin was rounded off by the Frenchman, who has returned to prominence under Sean Dyche. Doucoure made no mistake with…
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