Arsenal's Best Goal At Tottenham : Nigeria Legend Kanu Nominated

Published: February 09, 2018

Ahead of the eagerly anticipated Premier League meeting between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at the National Stadium in London on Saturday, the official website of the Gunners has asked fans to pick the best away goal scored.

Nigeria legend Nwankwo Kanu's goal and four other fantastic strikes from Robert Pires, Tomas Rosicky, Patrick Vieira and Mathieu Flamini were shortlisted.

With his back to goal, the Nigerian showed super skill to flick the ball over Luke Young before firing a shot into the net on match day 33 during the 1998-99 season.

As at the time of this report, the former Gunners number 25 was second in the poll with 17 percent of the votes accumulated, behind Rosicky who got 57 percent.

French midfielders Pires, Flamini and Vieira tallied 12, 9 and 4 percent of the votes respectively.

Kanu was on the books of Arsenal from 1999-2004 and scored 38 goals in 187 appearances for the club in all competitions

Igho Kingsley

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