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'Lanzini robbed' - West Ham fans fume as Erik Lamela wins Premier League Goal of the Season

Tottenham's Erik Lamela has won the Premier League goal of the season thanks to his incredible rabona goal against Arsenal in March.

The Argentine had a rollercoaster of a game, opening the scoring with his sublime piece of skill before getting sent off for violent conduct as Spurs fell to a 2-1 defeat against their bitter rivals.

It was the second time Lamela scored a rabona goal in a Spurs shirt, with the other coming against Asteras Tripolis in the 2014/15 Europa League campaign.

However, West Ham fans weren't happy with the award going to Lamela as they believed Manuel Lanzini's last-minute strike against Spurs in October was more deserving of the prize.

Lanzini's long-range effort rounded off an incredible comeback from the Hammers, coming from 3-0 down to score three goals in the last 10 minutes of the game to draw 3-3.

They took to social media on Saturday morning to express their frustration.

It was the second year running that a Spurs player won the award, with Korean frontman Heung-Min Son picking it up after a fabulous solo run against Burnley in December 2019.

Lamela admitted it was a special goal to score, despite losing the game.

“Of course it has a different feeling to do it in the derby – these games are completely different to other ones and it’s a very, very special goal" he told Spurs' official website.

"Honestly, I just decided in that moment to shoot like that. It was one second.

"Of course, I dream a lot about goals like that, especially in a derby, but it was in one second that I decided to shoot like that.”

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