Ireland defender John Egan scored his first ever Premier League goal yesterday and declared he hadn't hit a shot like it since his Gaelic football days.
John Egan brought joy to Sheffield United fans by scoring a late goal to rescue a 1-1 draw away to Burnley but the nature of his finish brought praise from a much wider audience.
The back-post half volley won Egan plenty of praise on Twitter as well as among television pundits and while being interviewed by his club after the game, the Corkman said: "When I used to play Gaelic football was probably the last time I hit one like that," adding "I timed the run nicely and it was a nice finish."
https://twitter.com/SheffieldUnited/status/1279824411273629696
Egan has
never made any secret of his love for the GAA and it's no surprise given that his late father John Senior won six All-Ireland's for Kerry and is immortalised in a statue in his native Sneem.
In fact, one Twitter user recognised the similarities by putting commentary of a goal by John Senior to his son's strike yesterday and you can check it out below...
https://twitter.com/JoeGal79/status/1279881893828272128
Brilliant stuff. Let's hope Egan Junior keeps his goalscoring form going when Ireland are back in action.
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