Top 3 United goals. 1989 - Present

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I seen Laurie Whitwell discussing what he think are the 3 best goals scored by a United player in his lifetime so I thought I'd do the same on here.

Here's mine.

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What is your top 3?
 

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3.Rooney v City
2.Yorke&Cole vs Barca
1.Becks from halfway
 

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Damn. It's almost impossible to narrow it down to just three. I think Rooney's bicycle against City is probably the best. Giggs' solo effort vs. Arsenal FA Cup Semi in 1999, surely? Surprised that's not been mentioned yet. Third best? Scholes' volley off Becks' corner at Bradford.

1. Rooney vs. City bicycle
2. Giggs vs. Arsenal FA Cup
3. Scholes volley vs. Bradford
 

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I just seen pogbas goal against city and
was going to do a top three assists of all time with Herrera's chest pass on it.

But top 3 goals for me (thinking outside the box)

Ronaldos header against roma

The counter attack against ares

Rooneys volley against newcastle because he was arguing with the ref just before it came to him
 

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Damn. It's almost impossible to narrow it down to just three. I think Rooney's bicycle against City is probably the best. Giggs' solo effort vs. Arsenal FA Cup Semi in 1999, surely? Surprised that's not been mentioned yet. Third best? Scholes' volley off Becks' corner at Bradford.

1. Rooney vs. City bicycle
2. Giggs vs. Arsenal FA Cup
3. Scholes volley vs. Bradford
forgot about Giggs v Arsenal:wenger:
 

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1. Rooney vs City
2. Cole- Yorke vs Barca
3. Smith vs Roma. Best team goal ever for me.
 

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1. Rooney vs City
2. Cole- Yorke vs Barca
3. Smith vs Roma. Best team goal ever for me.
Yes, that Smith goal was exquisite. Remember the great team goal against Boro with Rooney, Anderson and Tevez combining? An absolute beauty
 

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Yes, that Smith goal was exquisite. Remember the great team goal against Boro with Rooney, Anderson and Tevez combining? An absolute beauty
Yeah, i was thinking on that goal too. And those counters between Rooney and Ronaldo against Bolton and Arsenal
 

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What an ask this is....

Best goals for pure quality of the technique and the visual impact:

1) Scholes volley vs Villa
2) Giggs tearing up Arsenal
3) Ronaldo free kick vs Portsmouth

My 3 favourite goals to include context, from mid 90s onwards:

1) Scholes vs Barca (fav player in a colossal game)
2) Giggs tearing up Arsenal (iconic)
3) Ronaldo solo vs Fulham (a personal fav because it symbolised him taking control of big moments and maturing into a phenomenon)
 

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I agree with 2 out of 3 in the first post, but the Scholes-volley into the right corner isn't even top 50. It's a "bad" hit that slices into the goal, just lucky it doesn't his a defender. Great goal, but not even close to let's say Van Persie vs. Villa and numerous other goals. And you rate it above his super volley at three? Not possible!
 

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1) The well worked goal that Nani scored with a cute little dink vs. City in the Community Shield.

2) Rooney's goal against Aston Villa where he rounded the keeper after Ronaldo backheeled the ball through to him.

3) Cantona's chip against Sunderland.

Honorable mention goes to Michael Owen's goal in the 96th minute against City.
 

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Team goals:
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Individual brilliance:
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Iconic:
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1. Giggs vs arsenal '99. The run, the finish, the occasion. It had the lot. Incredible goal.

2. Ronaldo vs arsenal '08. The way Ronaldo lays it off perfectly then goes steaming up the right side of the pitch. Park and Rooney play their part excellently and you just knew Ronaldo wasn't going to miss.

3. Cantona vs the 30+ year lot '96 cup final. He's backtracking, has to generate all the power, and somehow gets it through the smallest of gaps. Brilliant.


That is my list and it might not change for an hour or two.
 

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1. Ronaldo vs Portsmouth
2. Rooney vs City
3. Any of Nani's screamers
 

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Hughes v Barca
Cantona v Liverpool
Sheringham v Bayern
Solksjear v Bayern
Cantona v Sunderland
 
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There's almost too many to choose from, but there are a few that instantly came to mind when I saw this thread. Not saying that these are the Top 3 goals over the past 30 years for United, but these stand out to me for a mix of reasons like importance, skill and iconic commentary;

1. Macheda vs Aston Villa
2. Rooney volley vs Newcastle
3. Rooney overhead vs City

Honourable mentions:
Ronaldo vs Porto, Scholes vs Villa, Van Persie vs Villa, Berbatov overhead vs Liverpool, Beckham vs Wimbledon, Giggs vs Arsenal (FA Semi's)

Probably showing my age here, but can't remember much of our stuff from the 90's that wasn't in highlight reels or Premier League Years...
 

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Thinking outside the box and trying to pick ones not already posted (and avoiding the obvious ones - Rooney Bicycle, Giggs FA Cup Semi, Eric Chip, Ronaldo Free Kick)

Nani vs the Arse


Berba to Ronaldo


Ronaldo vs Portsmouth from 2006 - not the free kick (the goal is at the 2min mark - sorry, this is the only version I could find)

 

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There's a Scholes dribble from the edge of the box when he goes past 2-3 defenders and seems to take forever that I like. Is it Blackburn?

Berbatov's overhead kick.

Lee Sharpe volley vs Everton
 

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underrated choices i guess. as top 3 goals is vague. Scholes vs barcelona ucl, kiko macheda goal vs aston villa, martial debut vs liverpool.
 

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There's a Scholes dribble from the edge of the box when he goes past 2-3 defenders and seems to take forever that I like. Is it Blackburn?

Berbatov's overhead kick.

Lee Sharpe volley vs Everton
Yeah,that was Blackburn. Freidal was in super man mode that day,thought we would never win that match.
 

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Not a top 3 goal but I do think Giggs's goal against Chelsea at OT in the League Cup deserves more love. Great technique.