‘I’m starting a petition’… Micah Richards says he hopes Alejandro Garnacho goal will create a change at Sky Sports

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Alejandro Garnacho scored a goal he will remember forever with a spectacular overhead kick, which sparked instant debate over where it ranks in history.

From the moment Alejandro Garnacho scored his overhead kick for Manchester United against Everton, it was clear it was very special. It was the type of goal which deserves a rewatch, again and again.

There was an immediate comparison to the overhead kick Wayne Rooney scored for Manchester United against Manchester City a decade ago. And while that was the winner in a derby, Garnacho’s may have been technically better.

One man hoping Garnacho’s goal will be widely accepted as superior to Rooney’s is Micah Richards, who has been unable escape it since 2011.

Garnacho v Rooney

Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards was the closest opponent to Wayne Rooney on the pitch when he saw him winding up to attempt his overhead kick.

He was left stunned as Rooney scored the acrobatic goal, and has been reminded of it ever since, with the goal regularly shown and used on adverts by his employers Sky Sports.

Now, via the Rest Is Football podcast, Richards says he hopes the ads will now be replaced with new ones featuring Garnacho’s wondergoal.

He said: “It’s been so long, I work for Sky now, basically they was running that advert with Rooney’s unbelievable strike for years.

“I’m hoping now that Garnacho scores this, they can change the advert. I’m starting a petition.”

He added: “The Garnacho one, it looked like it was all technique off his boot and it was just better.”

‘Better than Rooney’

Gary Lineker expressed his admiration for Alejandro Garnacho’s goal, commenting: “That was something extraordinarily special.”

Also on the podcast, Alan Shearer gave his approval to the Argentine’s strike: “I think it was better than Rooney’s. It was out of this world.”

At the very least, the goal was equal to Rooney’s. And if Sky do want to modernise their adverts by replacing Rooney with Garnacho, it will be well deserved.