The Barkley Goal vs The Rooney Goal

[Duncan Disordely]

I've seen a lot of people say how much Barkley's goal against City reminded them of Rooney's strike against Arsenal, so which is the better goal?


"Remember the name.."

16 year old Wayne Rooney announced his arrival to the world with this goal against Arsenal, ending an almost year long undefeated streak for them.



".. A magnificent goal"

Barkley opened the scoring in a 3-2 defeat to Man City with this one.




For me the Barkley strike is better, he doesn't take a touch, it's from a more difficult angle and he knew as soon as the ball came to him what he was going to do.

 

[bigboy]

Barkley's, cause he's boss.

 

[hudd101]

Rooney's was, NEA. The timing of it and the fact he was 16 (FFS) at the time. That broke Arsenal's unbeaten run didn't it?

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Both great goals...

 

[Deggo]

Sorry but Rooney cos he was better than barkley at a young age and for me the best we've produced, if he'd stayed I believe he'd have been a better player than he became

 

[ijjysmith]

Why does one need to be better than the other?

 

[nsno-chris]

Think Rooneys was a tad better for technique because the ball was still moving forward

But Barkleys looked better

They were both ace goals

 

[sageyefc]

Barkleys is way more difficult of a strike to pull off, much better than rooneys in my opinion

 

[LeeRab]

Rooney for me

16 years old, 16 !!! ... I was worrying about my maths coursework at 16.

This kid was doing stuff like this instead. Don't underestimate the way he controlled that punt and turned in one fluid motion. The way he looked up and picked his spot from 30 yards was pin point. Sublime effort.

Rooney

 

[Tubey]

Rooney was 16 and he had to control and work the shot. Barkley's was instinctive on the roll.

Rooney's was the better goal by some distance.

 

[Moomin]

Barry Horne's belter against Wimbledon is better than these two put together. Nearly 20 years ago.

 

[Bungle]

Why does one need to be better than the other?

Just pick one you tit.

Rooney was wearing a beanie hat and wrist bands when he scored his, not that I'm trying to sway you one way or another obviously.

Oh and Predator Hi Top boots.

 

[Azzurri]

Hmmmm. Rooney's IMO. His touch is brilliant. Barkley's is still outrageous, though.

 

[Azzurri]

Why does one need to be better than the other?

Ijjy you really hate opinions.

 

[Anna]

Both ridiculous goals, but i'm saying Rooney's is the better of the two simply because it was a late winner against "invincible" Arsenal.

It's such a shame that Barkley's goal has almost been forgotten about in the media, being overshadowed over the absolute nonsense of the build up prior to the game.

Hoping to see a few more of them next season from Barkley