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Jamie Kemble

Ian Wright and Alan Shearer pick Leeds United goal as one of Premier League's best ever

A Leeds United goal has been selected as one of the best in Premier League history.

Arsenal legend Ian Wright has selected one particular Leeds strike in his top 10 goals of the modern top-flight era as part of the Match of the Day Podcast's Top 10 series.

Wright selected Ton Yeboah's thunderous volley at number 10 in his list.

Yeboah's strike defeated Liverpool on an evening to remember at Elland Road in August 1995.

The powerful, dipping strike looked as though it almost broke the crossbar and it had to be included in the top 10 goals of the Premier League era, according to Wright.

"Leeds were an exciting team at the time, they had Rod Wallace in the team and things like that," he recalled.

"This one, against Liverpool, when it came over to him - I think it might have come from Rod Wallace heading it across - it comes down and it's coming down onto you.

"So, the trajectory of the shot, it has got to come down to you, up and over.

"But the way he hit it, it went over David James, and hit the bar and went down, bam and in.

"It was a pure strike, a beautiful strike of the football."

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