Arsenal goal of the decade: the results revealed

A COUPLE of weeks ago I asked Goodplaya.com readers to vote for their Arsenal goal of the decade.

Whereas the Arsenal.com competition limited visitors to picking one goal from a shortlist of 10, I gave you 50 goals, allowed you to award each one either bronze (1 point), silver (2 points), gold (3 points) or nothing and also let you pick your best (an extra 5 points).

Videos of most of the 50 goals are available here. But now for the results, in reverse order.

See the bottom of the post for a few observations:

50. 04-05: Henry v Munich

48=. 05-06: Henry home to Liverpool

48=. 04-05: Vieira at Liverpool

47. 03-04: Henry free-kick at Charlton

46. 01-02: Henry v Leverkusen

45. 01-02: Ljungberg at Liverpool

44. 03-04: Vieira v Leicester

43. 04-05: Reyes v Boro

42. 08-09: RVP at Everton

41. 99-00: Kanu v Deportivo

40. 00-01: Parlour v Valencia

39. 05-06: Henry v Spurs

38. 04-05: Henry v Chelsea

37. 09-10: Cesc’s 2nd v Villa

34=. 01-02: Ljungberg v Juventus

34=. 03-04: Henry’s last of four v Leeds

34. 03-04: Henry v City

33. 07-08: Adebayor at Anfield

32. 05-06: Henry in Prague

30=. 05-06: Cesc v Juventus

30=. 03-04: Reyes first v Chelsea

29. 04-05: Vieira v Everton

28. 03-04: Henry at Inter

26=. 06-07: Henry at Blackburn

26=. 07-08: Cesc at Spurs

25. 07-08: Flamini v Newcastle

24. 03-04: Vieira at Spurs

23. 08-09: Nasri v United

21=. 09-10: Arshavin at Liverpool

21=. 08-09: Adebayor at Villareal

20. 03-04: Pires curler at Liverpool

19. 02-03: Henry at West Ham

18. 04-05: Henry backheel v Charlton

17. 01-02: Parlour FA Cup final

16. 05-06: RVP v Blackburn

15. 01-02: Bergkamp v Leverkusen

14. 08-09: Eduardo v Burnley

13. 08-09: Arshavin’s fourth at Anfield

12. 02-03: Pires lob v Southampton

11. 01-02: Ljungberg FA Cup final

10. 07-08: Adebayor at Spurs

9. 05-06: Henry in Madrid

8. 07-08: Cesc in Milan

7. 09-10: Cesc v Spurs

6. 01-02: Pires lobbing Schmiechal

5. 02-03: Henry at home v Spurs

4. 03-04: Henry dances through Liverpool

3. 06-07: RVP at Charlton

2. 00-01: Henry v Man United

1. 01-02: Bergkamp at Newcastle

A few thoughts:

- The top three are the same as the Arsenal.com top three.

- Bergkamp’s goal won by a landslide, with one in three people voting it their top goal.

- You couldn’t even pick Pires lobbing Schmiechal in the Arsenal.com one.

- Cesc v Spurs this season is very highly rated but to put it all down to recency is perhaps wrong. After all, neither his more recent goal v Villa and Arshavin’s strike at Anfield ranked highly. The interesting thing about the Cesc goal was that while only a couple of people picked it as their goal of the decade, very large numbers gave it a gold award.

- One of my personal favourites is Henry v West Ham away. Arguably it features the second best touch of the decade from an Arsenal player, with Bergkamp at Newcastle the best. Below are both goals. Enjoy.

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