Mohammed Kudus ‘turns into Maradona’ capping off West Ham rout with solo stunner
Mohammed Kudus scored a Diego Maradona-esque solo stunner to cap off West Ham‘s 5-0 rout of Freiburg.
The Ghana worldwide was the star of the present because the Premier League membership booked their place into the quarter-finals of the Europa League on Thursday (March 14). He scored a tremendous purpose after working 60 yards and beating the Freiburg goalie Noah Atubolu in addition to curling in one other magnificence for his second purpose.
Kudus, 23, was closely praised by Hammers boss David Moyes who guided the membership to their third consecutive European quarter-final look, The Mirror stories.
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The Scotsman stated: “It was a brilliant individual goal, a Roy of the Rovers type goal really” earlier than talking of the journey he is been on with West Ham as he added: “From where we’ve come from, a team avoiding relegation, it’s a brilliant achievement.
“The membership has moved on a lot in the previous couple of years. It’s arduous to level out how good it has been. And we need to make it higher if we will.”
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Fans had been left in shock because of the pure brilliance of Kudus’ solo stunner with one X (previously Twitter) person writing: “WHAT A GOAL! MOHAMMED KUDUS’S DIEGO MARADONA ESQUE!” whereas one other added: “Mohammed Kudus channeling his inner Diego Maradona”.
A 3rd instructed the strike was award-worthy as they commented: “Sure to be a contender for the Puskas award”. Kudus’ double was the final two targets of the night time the place West Ham had already completed the injury to their shocked German rivals, making it 11 residence wins in Europe on the trot.
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They opened the scoring when Lucas Paqueta snuck in to web from shut vary – and so they regarded harmful all night time. Jarrod Bowen’s purpose, which made it 2-1 on combination, was a traditional instance of Moyes’ type – mixing energy and directness with a contact of magic.
Any fear that West Ham may get too snug with a one-goal lead vanished when Cresswell scored a 3rd purpose six minutes after half-time.
Bowen’s cross from the appropriate was solely cleared so far as Cresswell on the sting of the penalty space. With loads of house, he took a contact earlier than capturing in off the put up.
