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📽️ Has any defender scored a better Champions League goal than this? 😱

📽️ Has any defender scored a better Champions League goal than this? 😱

When you think of all-time great goals, Philippe Mexès may not immediately come to mind but he may well have a claim.

The Milan defender found the net with a beautiful overhead kick in the 2012/13 Champions League to help his side beat Anderlecht.

Chesting down a lofted free kick, he acrobatically launched the ball past the Anderlecht goalkeeper from the edge of the penalty area to put his side 2-0 up on the night, in a game they eventually went on to win 3-1.

Has a defender ever scored a better goal in the Champions League?


📸 Dean Mouhtaropoulos - 2012 Getty Images