Quiz: which teammate was first to join these Premier League goal celebrations? - nile sport

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   We begin in October 1992 at Selhurst Park. Dalian Atkinson has just scored the goal of the season, and is embraced by an Aston Villa fan holding an umbrella. Which teammate is first to join the celebrations?

   1. Dean Saunders

   2. Garry Parker

   3. Ray Houghton

   4. Steve Froggatt

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   Jürgen Klinsmann scores his first Tottenham goal at Sheffield Wednesday in August 1994, and celebrates by taking a dive. Who joins him first?

   1. Darren Anderton

   2. Nicky Barmby

   3. Sol Campbell

   4. Teddy Sheringham

3. 

   Eric Cantona for Manchester United v Sunderland, December 1996. The chipped finish is almost as cool as the celebration – a slow, nonchalant turn, collar up, arms out. Which teammate is there with a bien joué hug?

   1. Brian McClair

   2. Ole Gunnar Solskjær

   3. Paul Scholes

   4. Ryan Giggs

4. 

   Temuri Ketsbaia scores for Newcastle against Bolton in January 1998, and celebrates by kicking an advertising hoarding to pieces. Who comes along to intervene?

   1. Gary Speed

   2. Alessandro Pistone

   3. Keith Gillespie

   4. Jon Dahl Tomasson

5. 

   Next up: Robbie Fowler 'snorts the goalline' after scoring a penalty for Liverpool against Everton in April 1999, until he is stopped by ...

   1. Michael Owen

   2. Patrik Berger

   3. Steve McManaman

   4. Steven Gerrard

6. 

   "Wassuuuuup?!" asks Thierry Henry, after scoring for Arsenal against Manchester United in October 2000. Which teammate is first to answer?

   1. Freddie Ljungberg

   2. Gilles Grimandi

   3. Ray Parlour

   4. Tony Adams

7. 

   Two months later, David Ginola scores a late leveller for Aston Villa against Manchester City, and whips off his shirt. Which teammate gets to that six-pack in double-quick time?

   1. Gareth Southgate

   2. Lee Hendrie

   3. Mark Delaney

   4. Paul Merson

8. 

   Ruud van Nistelrooy scores for Manchester United against Arsenal at Old Trafford in October 2004, and celebrates redemption down by the corner flag with which teammate?

   1. Alan Smith

   2. Phil Neville

   3. Rio Ferdinand

   4. Wayne Rooney

9. 

   September 2009, and Emmanuel Adebayor runs the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the travelling Arsenal fans after scoring for Manchester City. Which City player initially catches up to him?

   1. Kolo Touré

   2. Micah Richards

   3. Shaun Wright-Phillips

   4. Patrick Vieira

10. 

    Who is first to congratulate Wayne Rooney on his overhead-kick winner for Manchester United against City in February 2011?

    1. Anderson

    2. Chris Smalling

    3. Nani

    4. Patrice Evra

11. 

    City strike back eight months later with a seismic 6-1 win at Old Trafford. Who joins Mario Balotelli to ask 'why always me?' after the Italian opens the scoring?

    1. David Silva

    2. Edin Dzeko

    3. James Milner

    4. Sergio Agüero

12. 

    Luis Suárez scores for Liverpool in the Merseyside derby in October 2012, and takes a dive right in front of the Everton manager, David Moyes. Who is the first player in red to intervene?

    1. Daniel Agger

    2. Martin Skrtel

    3. Steven Gerrard

    4. Suso

13. 

    Next up: the 'old man' – Samuel Eto'o for Chelsea v Tottenham in March 2014 ...

    1. Eden Hazard

    2. Frank Lampard

    3. John Terry

    4. Ramires

14. 

    The 'knockout blow': Wayne Rooney for Man Utd v Tottenham, March 2015 ...

    1. Antonio Valencia

    2. Ashley Young

    3. Chris Smalling

    4. Rafael

15. 

    February 2017: after scoring his 100th Premier League goal, Peter Crouch brings out 'the robot'.

    1. Charlie Adam

    2. Joe Allen

    3. Phil Bardsley

    4. Ryan Shawcross

16. 

    The 'yoga pose': Mohamed Salah for Liverpool vs Chelsea, April 2019 ...

    1. Fabinho

    2. Georginio Wijnaldum

    3. Roberto Firmino

    4. Trent Alexander-Arnold

17. 

    In January 2024, Neal Maupay started a war of words with James Maddison by copying his dart-throw celebration, alongside which Brentford teammate?

    1. Bryan Mbeumo

    2. Ethan Pinnock

    3. Ivan Toney

    4. Yoann Wissa

18. 

    Finally, who was the first player to reach Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly after he mimicked Erling Haaland's 'meditation pose' after scoring against Manchester City last month?

    1. Ethan Nwaneri

    2. Gabriel Jesus

    3. Gabriel Magalhães

    4. Gabriel Martinelli

Solutions

1:A - Saunders jumps on Atkinson's back in front of an adoring away end. The Wales forward scored Villa's other two goals in the 3-2 win over Wimbledon, not that anyone remembers that now., 2:D - Klinsmann later revealed that the celebration was Sheringham's idea, after the Spurs team were greeted by fans holding up 'diving signs – 5.9, 5.8, all that sort of thing' at Hillsborough., 3:A - It was McClair, on a second-half substitute, who had to duck under Cantona's arm to get involved. United won the game 5-0, Cantona's second goal the icing on the cake., 4:B - Ketsbaia came on for Tomasson in the 79th minute and scored the last-minute winner before removing his shirt, trying to take a boot off and generally losing the plot. Shearer has claimed that the Georgian was so angry to have been left out of the team, he threw his phone at the dressing room wall the day before the game., 5:C - It's Macca who lifts Fowler back on to his feet. Fowler insists he never took drugs and was trying to wind up Everton fans who had accused him of doing so; the striker was handed a four-game ban and £32,000 fine., 6:B - The French defender did provide the assist, although it's fair to say Henry still had a bit to do when receiving the ball with his back to goal, 25 yards out., 7:C - Ginola's celebration was a pointed response to Villa manager John Gregory, who had claimed the Frenchman was overweight. 'I took it personally,' Ginola said. 'If you tell a footballer he is overweight you are saying that he is not serious in his life.', 8:C - It's a close run thing, but Ferdinand hops on to Van Nistelrooy's back in the trademark style just before the striker gets to Rooney., 9:A - It's another former Arsenal player who comes over to lift Adebayor up and move him away from several hundred angry Gunners fans. In 2023, Adebayor said of the incident: 'I don't think any human being would accept it if people were singing about and insulting your family, especially your mother and father.', 10:C - It was the Portuguese winger's cross that Rooney dispatched into the net in the 78th minute to earn United a 2-1 derby win. , 11:D - 'It was [a message] to all the people talking bad about me,' Balotelli told Noel Gallagher in the Guardian the following year. '[The media] don't know me, so [I was] just asking 'why always me?', 12:B - Suárez even dodged the Slovakian defender in order to make his point to Moyes, who had accused the Liverpool forward of diving. 'I thought it was great. I would probably have done the same,' was the Everton manager's candid verdict afterwards., 13:A - The Cameroon striker's celebration, holding his back and using the corner flag for support, was a riposte to José Mourinho after the Chelsea manager questioned if Eto'o was really only 32 years old., 14:B - Rooney's celebration came after a superb solo goal made it 3-0 to United – and referenced reports he was knocked out by Phil Bardsley in a sparring session., 15:B - The Welsh midfielder was first to congratulate Crouch, but refrained from joining in. Shawcross' own goal denied Stoke victory in a 1-1 draw., 16:A - Salah was only able to hold the pose on one leg for about half a second before he was buffeted by the big Brazilian. The Egyptian's long-range strike secured a 2-0 win at Anfield., 17:C - Yes, of course it was Toney. Maupay opened the scoring but Brentford lost the game 3-2, with Brennan Johnson reprising the 'dart throw' when putting Spurs 2-1 up., 18:C - Stay humble, everyone.

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