The stunning Liverpool goal that left the internet absolutely dumfounded
It's not every day you see a soccer goal reach the very top spot of Reddit's very front page. But this, folks, is not your everyday soccer goal.
No, this is the acrobatic Emre Can wonder-strike that left the internet in tears.
Can, if you're not familiar with him, is a 23-year-old German soccer pro who plays for England's storied Liverpool club. Liverpool beat Watford 1-0 on Monday night -- thanks to this bit of absolute brilliance from Can just before halftime.
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The stunning score quickly shot to the top of Reddit as soccer fans watched it again and again and again. But the internet wasn't done there -- oh, no.
For example, here's Can's goal set to the music from Titanic. Even better, right?
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And here's more sampling of the conversation.
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There were also lots of bad puns using Can's last name and exclamations about what he can do (get it?), but we'll let those be.
Now if you'll excuse us, we need to go watch his goal about 13,409,171,232 more times.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.