Quiz: Most Left Footed Premier League Goals

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1:27Alan Shearer:Coming up on today's show.

1:35Lovely jubbly.

1:37Alan Shearer:Is Mike a frozen or is he actually thinking? You dickhead. Why is he a dickhead? Because he's just copying it to see him as one below me and he's probably got it right, has he? He's gone. No. I'm thinking of going higher. It won't make any fucking difference because Al's spot on. How many do you think? 50. Micah? 48. Alan is spot on.

2:11I've got the point back. Come on. Oh my God.

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4:22Alan Shearer:I'm going to say, by the way, we're recording this just before the last game of the season. So obviously things could change. So if anyone spots us a slight error because one of these players has scored, I'm giving a clue there. There are one or two players that are playing on Sunday. So forgive us on that one. But I don't think it'll really make any difference because even if someone does score a goal or two, it's not going to change the order. So, Premier League players that have scored the most goals with the left peg. So I'll give you a few seconds to think about it. This is quite hard, this, eh?

5:01Alan Shearer:Well, you know, you've got to think about left footy players, I suppose, but it doesn't necessarily mean that they're all left footy players. Can I go first, Al, this time? Yes, you can go first, Micah. Give me a bit more thinking time. Big mix to go first. Mo Salah, Mo Salah, run it down the wing. Salah, our Egyptian king. Egyptian king, Mo Salah. Well, unsurprisingly, he's in the top 10. Unsurprisingly, he's number one. Oh. So great start for Micah. I mean, we've talked about Mo many times, but obviously his time is up at Liverpool. could have ended a little bit. He could have a bit more amicably.

5:50Alan Shearer:But overall, I mean, his contribution to Liverpool over the almost decade that he's been there has been incredible, hasn't it? Yeah, he's been amazing. He's been absolutely outstanding. One of the Premier League greats of all time. Set such a high standard and did so many great things for Liverpool. I wish it hadn't sort of ended in the way it has done, but it is what it is. Obviously, they clearly don't get on him and the manager and haven't done for a while. but yeah that doesn't take away for what he's done for Liverpool he's been absolutely outstanding how many goals do you think he's scored with his left foot some of them are brilliant as well aren't they you remember some of the goals where he jinx in and goes one way and then goes the other 115 what do you think Micah I'll go 110 well you're way too low both of you 155 155 Wow Well if you think about it You know Generally he was cutting in From the right hand side Didn't really score Hardly any headers Did he So It's still an amazing number So One point for Micah Lovely job Over to you Alan Shearer Gotta see a Ryan Giggs Ryan Giggs Manchester United Play on the left Played for Nearly Pretty much two decades he's in there Al get in in fourth place Ryan Giggs how many goals do you think he scored with his left foot are we talking Premier League though are we talking no Premier League goals it's always Premier League that's what these shows are Micah I mean we've done a few quizzes now and that's how it works I played against Ryan Giggs obviously in his my last game and one of his first games and even then you could see that I mean what a special player up and down that left side for Manchester United year after year after year.

7:47Alan Shearer:A lot of assists, obviously, but also a lot of goals and quite a lot of them with his left foot. How many? What was Mo Salah? 155. 155. I will say though, Mo's quite comfortably clear of everybody else. Okay? About 75. Micah? 80. Close. 83. three I'm just doing five more or five less and I'll you're going first next time then there are no points for being closest I'm going to give half a point to anyone if you ever get the exact number of goals of any of our top ten or actually can I say we have a top eleven and how can that happen we must have joint yes which joint now what do you mean which joint joint 10th though correct Mike obviously because if he's joint 8th you just go to 10th so it doesn't matter love it love it yes we have joint 10th players of which I'm sure you'll guess them at some point so Micah Richards back to you sorry where where was Giggs sorry 4th 4th so Giggs 4th What about my mate Daniel Sturridge?

9:12Oh, that's a good shot. Lovely left foot he did.

9:15Alan Shearer:He did, actually, and he scored quite a lot of goals with that left foot, didn't he? Mm-hmm. I'm afraid there's a butt coming though, Mike. And the butt is, he just misses out, he's in 12th. Boom. And if you consider we've got a 10th equal, you'll realise that that was really, really close. So your mate Sturridge has let you down. Not for the first time. Yeah, Daniel Sturridge, 12th with 47 goals. So, our first mistake. Can't believe it. So, it's over to you, Alan. You've now got the advantage. Home advantage has gone. Left-footed Premier League. Robin Van Persie. Good shout. Good shout, indeed.

9:56Alan Shearer:Robin Van Persie's in third place, Alan. Oh, come on, big mix. You know, both at Arsenal and Manchester United. I mean, we've talked about him many times on the podcast, but he was a very, very good finisher. I think the best one was definitely that ball from Rooney over the shoulder and that first-time volley. Yeah. That was left foot, wasn't it? Yeah, it was. Rooney pinged it with the right foot and it come over his right shoulder and hit it with his left knee. Brilliant finish. Yeah, not an easy technique to do that. And he's all-round game as well. Wasn't just scoring goals, wasn't it? Wasn't like probably us, Al, just hovering around the box.

10:34Alan Shearer:How many do you think Robin Van Persie? He's in third place, by the way, I'll tell you that. And where was Giggsie? Giggsie was fourth. So he had, what did he have? 83. 88. Micah? 84. No. Gone the wrong way again.

10:58Alan Shearer:94. Oh, 94. pretty good effort from Robin Van Persie so Alan is 2-1 ahead and a break of serve I'm going to go with another ex-teammate Robbie Fowler that's a great shot he's a teammate of yours? at Man City towards the end of course he went to City at the end how was he? obviously he didn't have the same end of his career by that stage yeah but you could still see touch and technique. You know, the rondos or the boxes or the squares or circles. So many names for him now. His touch was just amazing. He's round the corner. He used to do that pass from the outside of his foot, his left foot. Oh, yeah.

11:44Technically, he was top notch.

11:46Alan Shearer:I think he was one of the best finishers of our generation, if I can include us all in that. Probably not. However good his technique though, Micah, he only got to second place. Oh!

12:06Alan Shearer:I know, I know. Robbie Fowler is in second. How many goals do we think Robbie Fowler scored? Mo Salah got 155 and Robbie Van Persie 94. I can tell you now, this is a clue, the answer lies somewhere in the middle of first and third. I'm going to go... 123. Alan? 110. 105. Oh, 105. Yeah. Mo Salah, 50 goals more with his left foot than any other player in the Premier League. Wow. I've got one more than I'm thinking might be even done after that. No, I don't think so. If you give it some thought, I think you'll be all right. We've got four. Over to you, Al. Who's the other one? you think? I can only think of one other left-footed player that scored goals or crosses or whatever.

13:06One of your favourites. Mahrez.

13:09Alan Shearer:Riyad Mahrez? Yeah. I never thought about Mahrez until I saw this list and saw him in sixth place. Sixth? Come on! Riyad Mahrez! Good shout! Come on! Now I'm thinking I'm done now though. Yeah. Well, obviously it's not just Leicester, but it was also So Manchester City, that brilliant thing where he cut in and bend it. He was one of the experts at that, wasn't he? So how many do you think Riyad Mahrez in sixth place? 67. Micah? 59. 62. Oh, you must have enjoyed watching him at Manchester City, Micah. I mean, his first touch, his first touch is velvet. it. Oh, and the ball used to come outside of the foot, inside of the foot, any.

14:00But you know what I love most about it? It was a touch and the pass quickly, wasn't it? Oh, he was a player. We're talking, how much did he go to Leicester for? Was it half a million?

14:12Alan Shearer:Yeah, practically nothing. I mean, what a buy that was. What a buy. Incredible. Obviously part of the Leicester City Premier League winning side. Yeah, funny, in the Jamie Vardy interview that I did, which is out. And if you haven't heard it yet, it's there on our feed, please do so, because Jamie was in pretty good form. And we talked about Mahrez and he was saying, he was one of those wingers, he said, I used to make my run. And then he chopped back and you go, oh, for Christ's sake. He said, then he cut inside and he'd curl it in the top corner. You go, all right, fair enough. What a player.

14:47Alan Shearer:What a player, Real Mahrez. I think both for Leicester And even when he jumped up to Manchester City, I think they've missed him on that right-hand side. Without doubt. Yeah. Him, Sané, Sterling, they missed them all. Outstanding winners. That brings the score to Alan 3, Micah 2 at halftime. There's plenty of time to turn this around, Micah, which we'll try and do after the break. This segment is brought to you by Klarna. Football this summer is going to feel quite different. It's bigger than ever before. A record number of teams competing across three host nations, meaning more travel, more stories and plenty more football.

15:33Alan Shearer:But do these format changes make the tournament better or just bigger? Well, it's certainly bigger. It's bigger, but my mate plays for Curacao, Leandro Bakuna. I think they've only got 156 ,000 people people that is ridiculous to get to the World Cup and be doing that there must be legends there so I'm looking forward to that so in terms of those type of stories I think it's really good you know teams you wouldn't normally see there it's going to be more time it's going to feel as though there's not maybe as high intensity games early on in the competition but yeah I'm delighted more games to watch I think it'd be more difficult for players different time zones perhaps less rest in terms of the qualification top two plus eight groups for the third price isn't it as well so you get extra knockout round I think that will be enjoyable because obviously that's when the jeopardy is high the group stages I think people will be feeling their way in I can't envisage the big teams not getting through because of the quality of the groups and the fact that there's a bigger World Cup but I think once it gets the knockout to get an extra knockout round when it's because that's when it really kicks off, isn't it?

16:46Yeah, but at the end of the tournament, we're always saying, we wish there was more games. We've got more games, so let's enjoy it because when the World Cup's on, it's amazing. It's going to be good. Be a good one, absolutely.

16:56Alan Shearer:I worry a little bit about the ticket pricing, but there's going to be some great venues for fans to watch at. And if you're watching at home, there's going to be a hell of a lot on the game. Can you remember four years ago when we were complaining that we had to travel 50, 5-0 minutes in a car to the stadium? Now we have to travel hours and hours, There's different time zones and everything to get to games. You're flying from game to game, aren't you? Because of when you're working. There'll be a lot of travelling. The air miles will be ticking up, definitely. What states are you in? Countries?

17:22Alan Shearer:Just America? New York, starting in Boston, and then in Boston, back to New York. And then three or four of those until the next rounds. And we don't know where we're travelling. And it's going to feel quite hot. You've talked about it quite a bit, the heat that will play a part in this World Cup. You've got Mexico. America, obviously, really hot. you know somewhere in Canada well you know about playing in Mexico don't you so one of the hottest tournaments I've played in to begin with was in 98 when we played in the south of France first game Tunisia oh my god it was ridiculous and it hinders you doesn't it surely it's got to help the South American teams it has to if they're used to the climate come on guys they don't play there most of their players they're mostly playing Europe and stuff no but they've grown up with it haven't they but every tournament really is hot no okay so when the South Melbourne I'm going to play in how hot it was there in the Euros.

18:12Alan Shearer:That's Europe. Yeah, but it wasn't that hot, was it? It's not going to be that hot in America. I mean, it will be in some parts. So what we always say, when the South Americans come over on a cold day at Stoke, you know what I mean? It's difficult for them because they're not used to that climate. You know, Rio or Stoke, you know what I mean? Yeah, but they generally prove that wrong, don't they, by playing quite well. Well, whether it's tweaking formats, introducing new rules or simply making tournaments bigger, changes in football will always be up for debate. But the best changes are usually the simplest.

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21:02Alan Shearer:Welcome back to the Resties Football Quiz episode with Micah Richards and Alan Shearer who are competing. I'm the host and it's 3-2 currently to Alan. Mike had first pick but Alan's turned it around so you're chasing it, Micah. You need to deliver here. We've got five names and there are another six because we've got a joint 10th so we've got 11 players so might make it a fraction easy. I don't know. What have you got? What have you got in your locker, as they say nowadays? I've definitely got a couple more still. Have you? A lot in my era, aren't there? Why are you looking at me like that, Mike?

21:39Alan Shearer:Do you think I'm going to give something away? No, I'm good for now. Romelu Lukaku. Romelu Lukaku. I would never have got him. Would you not? Why not, Al? I never even thought Lukaku, no. Remember Everton, Westbrook. Yeah, I know, yeah. A lot of teams. He's played a lot of teams, but despite the fact that he's played in a lot of teams, he's only in seventh. Oh! Ha ha ha! Oh, you had me! Yeah, so 3-3 is the score. Who did Micah get wrong? What was the one you got wrong, Micah? Sturridge, my old pal, Sturridge. So, Romelu Lukaku, I mean, his goalscoring record, wherever he's been, has been pretty extraordinary.

22:23Alan Shearer:also at international level. I'm going to pose the question, is he slightly underrated? I think maybe that depends on which club he's been at. Perhaps didn't do enough at Man United, did he? He was always a threat and hard to play against, I thought. But then at United, I thought he should have scored more. Yeah, I think that's fair. I think it's one of those things where, because we're in the era of social media, and when you're a big lad up front, If you don't get older, the ball, people just call you a donkey, don't they? He was definitely not that. No, but all the memes going around about him wearing Timberland boots, similar with Jokeres earlier on in the season until they won the league.

23:06Alan Shearer:Can I tell you the people that do that though, Micah? People that generally are probably not very good at football. Yeah, but he's still out there, isn't he? I have no idea how good you have to be to be in the Premier League, let alone in the Premier League's top 10 left-footed goalscorers. Yeah, I like it. But in terms of, if you speak to people who have played the game, I think he's got his respect. I agree. So, what's the number? So, Mahrez was 59, we said. No, Mahrez was 62. Oh, 62. Lukaku is one place below him in seventh place with? 59. Let's go 59. Oh, 58. year. Oh, you went the wrong way, Al.