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Premier League's best bicycle kicks: Can joins Rooney, Carroll, Berbatov

Liverpool's Emre Can illuminated Vicarage Road on Monday night with a fabulous overhead kick to give his side a 1-0 victory against Watford.

Can produced a late entry for the Premier League's goal-of-the-season contest with a powerful effort he flicked home from just inside Watford's penalty area.

Here are some of the other brilliant bicycle kicks in Premier League history.

Benito Carbone vs. Newcastle -- 1997

Sheffield Wednesday's Italian attacker managed to make something out of nothing at St James' Park with one of the more under-appreciated goals in Premier League history. Collecting an underhit long ball forward, Carbone controlled the pass on his chest, teed it up with his right foot and then dispatched a brilliant finish with the same boot into the corner of the Newcastle net while the home side's defenders stood around in bewilderment.

Dimitar Berbatov vs. Liverpool -- 2010

Like Carbone's effort, Berbatov's strike was self-made, though the Manchester United man used just two touches rather than three. Nani's delivery from the right may have been aimed at Wayne Rooney but it proved too high for him and came through to his Bulgarian teammate, who cushioned the ball into the air with his right thigh and then fell backwards as he whipped an effort from the edge of the box back over his head and in off the crossbar past a rooted Pepe Reina, who was beaten three times by Berbatov that day in United's 3-2 success.

Wayne Rooney vs. Manchester City -- 2011

Arguably the most memorable of Rooney's 252 Manchester United goals decided the derby at Old Trafford in 2011. With the game all square at 1-1, Rooney settled the contest with a brilliant piece of improvisation in the 78th minute as he watched Nani's deflected cross loop up and thumped it beyond Joe Hart before Micah Richards could head clear. Replays showed it was hardly a flush contact with his right boot but it still flew into the corner of the net past a disbelieving Hart.

Christian Benteke vs. Manchester United -- 2015

Two minutes before Anthony Martial announced his arrival in England with a fine goal against United's rivals Liverpool, Benteke was endearing himself to his new club with a thumping strike of his own. Daley Blind's header from a right-wing cross sent the ball soaring into the air around 12 yards out where a watchful Benteke was waiting to size up a bicycle kick that had his marker Ander Herrera trying to protect his head from an effort that beat David De Gea.

Andy Carroll vs. Crystal Palace -- 2017

Prior to Can's stunner at Watford, there could be few arguments that Carroll owned the best goal of this variety this season. Sightings of the towering centre-forward have not been frequent enough for West Ham fans this term but he was present at the back post when Michail Antonio's cross was sent in his direction. What was most impressive about Carroll's finish was the sheer power he produced to leave Crystal Palace keeper Wayne Hennessey grasping at thin air.