Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is having quite a season between the sticks, but this training ground goal suggests maybe there’s a place for him in the opposition’s penalty area as well.
The 24-year-old has kept 11 clean sheets in the Premier League so far this season, with Chelsea five points clear at the top of the table – he quite often makes astounding saves, but we’d like to see a bit more of this.
We’re not sure why Courtois was practising free kicks – perhaps it’s an innovative new tactic from manager Antonio Conte – but we’re glad he was.
From all of 20 yards, the Belgian unleashes a powerful strike, in off the crossbar and into the roof of the net. Have some of that. Courtois posted the video on Instagram with the modest caption: “Sometimes I score too!”
Move over David Luiz, there’s a new free-kick king in town.
