Ireland legend Robbie Keane enjoyed a brilliant career, featuring for the likes of Inter Milan, Tottenham and Liverpool among others.
He will also be remembered by Aston Villa fans for a very successful loan spell that came towards the end of the 2011/12 season.
In six games, the classy forward scored three goals and helped Villa to some good results but there’s game in particular that Villa fans will never forget – a 3-2 win at local rivals Wolves.
Alex McLeish’s men were trailing 2-1 at Molineux at half-time and were outplayed, however, they improved after the break, with Keane the inspiration.
He equalised early into the second half with a clever finish and then secured the points against his former club with a thunderous shot from outside the box – that was named as Villa’s Goal of the Day on Twitter on Thursday.
Twitter: Touch. BANG. 💥
#GoalOfTheDay #AVFC https://t.co/jtWxrvUbIK (@AVFCOfficial)
As you would expect, this brought back happy memories for the fans and here we look at some of the comments to the strike…
Twitter: @AVFCOfficial @MRandallX carnage when this went in (@Con1996_Smith)
Twitter: @Con1996_Smith @AVFCOfficial Ar mate limbs 😍😂 (@MRandallX)
Twitter: @AVFCOfficial Wish we had him earlier (@AssonRichard)
Twitter: @villa_cal93 @AVFCOfficial What a player (@MattyTurnerr)
Twitter: Wish we had him for longer… wish we signed him earlier… definitely one of my favourite Non-Villa players before… https://t.co/sKPsoZxi9N (@CaptainScott87)
Twitter: @AVFCOfficial That sound when it pings the bar 🥰🥰 (@LeighAV_88)
Twitter: @dynamospaine17 @AVFCOfficial Seen him do that on many occasions …. some players !! 🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼 (@GaryHaveron)
