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Matthew Le Tissier's Top 10 Goals
(As copied from another web site - name to come soon)
10. Southampton 5-4 Norwich City, 1992.A unique goal in a fascinating game. Cutting in from a tight angle with a great shot.
9. Southampton 1-2 Aston Villa, 1998. This goal equalised the game at 1-1 in a crucial match towards the end of last season. Picking the ball up on his thigh, Matt fired a simply unstoppable shot past the bewildered Mark Bosnich.
8. Southampton 1-0 Newcastle United, 1997. This goal from Le Tissier kept up a rich vein of Saints form. He raced on a long through ball and slammed the ball full power past the Newcastle keeper.
7. Southampton 2-0 Newcastle United, 1993. This was Le Tissier's second goal of the game after coming on as a sub. Controlling the ball on his chest and then his thigh, he pivoted 45 degrees and as the ball dropped, he lobbed it into the net from thirty-five yards.
6. Liverpool 3-2 Southampton, 1993. Not a particularly well-known goal, but a great one nonetheless. Inside the Liverpool box and surrounded by players, Matty twisted the defence inside out by juggling the ball and switching from side to side three times and then firing past the keeper.
5. Southampton 3-2 Arsenal, 2001. Last minute of the last league game at The Dell. Matt picks up the ball on the edge of the 18 yard box with his back to goal. He swivels and belts the ball into the top left corner. The Dell erupts. Magnificent.
4. Southampton 6-3 Manchester United, 1996. A goal to suit the performance: Picking up the ball twenty yards from goal, facing the other way, Le Tissier turned past 2 defenders and just outside the box, chipped the ball over Schmeichel's head and just underneath the crossbar, leaving the rest of the Great Dane's face as red as his nose.
3. Southampton 1-0 Wimbledon, 1994. A moment of pure Le Tissier genius: Southampton has a free kick right on the edge of the box, too close for a direct shot. Instead, Matt had the ball passed shot to him and he flicked the ball up and then, with almost no backlift, lobbed the ball right into the back of the net.
2. Southampton 2-0 Newcastle United, 1993. This was Le Tissier's second goal in this match after coming on as a substitute. He collected the ball twenty-five yards from goal, and, almost with the ball not touching the ground, back-flicked the ball over one defender, juggled with his thigh past another, lifted delicately over a third and then placed a perfect side-footed shot into the far corner past the keeper. (4-4-2 Magazine listed this as one of the top 50 goals of all time. Also Goal of the Season 92/93).
1. Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Southampton, 1994. Matt picks the ball up on the halfway line and runs at the Blackburn defence. He twists and turns 3 defenders each way before planting a splendid shot over the keeper Tim Flowers and into the top left corner of the net from way out. Even the Blackburn home fans applauded. (94/95 Goal of the Season).