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Graeme Young

Henrik Larsson suffers sensational BBC snub as Celtic icon misses out on Euro awards

Celtic icon Henrik Larsson has remarkably missed the cut for BBC's Match of the Day 'Top 10 Euro Goals'.

The Swede is footballing royalty and his diving header against Bulgaria in 2004 is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishes in the history of the European Championships.

But he wasn't included in the top 10 and Larsson's bullet didn't even get a mention as one of the strikes that narrowly missed out.

Gary Lineker, Micah Richards and Alan Shearer chewed the fat over the greatest goals with the Van Basten coming out on top for both panelists as Linker nodded in agreement.

But there was no place for Celtic favourite Larsson with the former Newcastle striker surprisingly making the cut for his decent finish against Netherlands in 1996.

That goal was all about the pass from Teddy Sheringham and it has never been revered in the same category as one of Larsson's greatest finishes.

Paul Gascoigne finished second in the vote for his famous strike against Scotland at the same tournament.

The list in full

10. Zlatan Ibrahimovic vs France

9. Tomas Brolin vs England

8. Antonin Panenka vs West Germany

7. Michael Ballack vs Austria

6. Alan Shearer vs Netherlands

5. Hal Robson Kanu vs Belgium

4. Xherdan Shaqiri vs Poland

3. Davor Suker vs Denmark

2. Paul Gascoigne vs England

1. Marco van Basten vs USSR

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