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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul Campbell

The gifs that keep on giving: Falling head over heels and Chelsea's brio trio

Thanks for all your suggestions on last week's blog. Here are a few highlights from this week.

Up front about Chelsea v Manchester United

Chelsea face their toughest challenge of the season so far tomorrow when Manchester United visit Stamford Bridge. They'll be hoping Oscar can show up Rafael like he embarrassed Dani Alves during a Brazil training session earlier this year. Should Oscar have a quiet game, Chelsea will look for some Juan Mata magic and hope that Eden Hazard's passing is more like this and less like this.

Manchester United will need Robin van Persie to show more of this swagger and less of this end product. A cheeky nutmeg or two from Wayne Rooney wouldn't go amiss for the neutral.

Chelsea were linked with Neymar again this week. He should really pass here, but who could begrudge him his goal. Takashi Usami's dribble and finish for Hoffenheim is equally impressive.

After last week's celebration of Arsène Wenger's guitar playing, here he is again on tamborine and with the whole band.

Going head over heels

Billy Morgan's triple rodeo is the most impressive snowboarding gif we have seen yet, but the sheer inventiveness of Scott Stevens sliding along picnic tables and handstanding off posts comes close. For the scale and smooth landing of this trick, Jeremy Jones deserves an honourable mention. And, while on the topic of impressive jumps, it's impossible not to think of this guy.

The sublime and the ridiculous

This series is not averse to celebrating sport's odder moments, from a footballer being pushed down a set of steps to a cat sprinting across a pitch unnoticed. In the spirit of bizarre encounters on a football field, here is some ungainly wrestling during a match between Rangers and Liverpool and Sergio Ramos, quite literally, skying a penalty.

We leave you with the remarkable sight of Hunter Pence breaking his bat while hitting a baseball three times and a tennis return worthy of a bow.

Thanks to this week's contributors: PKCarpenter, BrianQuinn and illocon.

Drop your favourites into the comments box below and we'll be back with some more next week

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