It was worth the morning on Sunday! After two games in which he went blank and the Wolves lost, Raúl Alonso Jiménez was soon reunited with the goal and scored his 16th goal in the Premier League, thanks to a penalty kick against Everton.
It was a minute before the end of the first part, that Raúl showed off his specialty from the eleven steps, to deceive Jordan Pickford 1-0 at Molineux Stadium with an excellent category.
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And it is that in the previous play, Daniel Podence received the infraction of the defender Lucas Digne inside the area, so the referee did not hesitate to score the maximum penalty and thus Jiménez scored his goal 16.
In this way, the Mexican striker equaled Sadio Mané of Liverpool and Sergio Agüero of Manchester City in the scoring table.
ALMOST CHILEAN BRAND
It was going to be beautiful! Raúl Jiménez was very close to emulating that Chilean goal against Panama in 2013, with a traced auction this Sunday but with the Wolves against Everton.
At minute 27 of the game, the Mexican striker received a ball inside the area and with his back to the opponent’s goal, with the defense marking, the option was manufactured, he lifted the ball into the air and took out a tremendous Chilean that left him frozen the defenders.
The ball came out with power and placement towards the lower right corner of Everton’s goal and although it was a very well-made shot, goalkeeper Jordan Pickford arrived on time to the ball and without bouncing he had to be used thoroughly to avoid the It would have been a great goal by Raúl Alonso.