Arsenal fans have taken to Twitter to react after seeing what Santi Cazorla did for Al Sadd against Al Gharafa in the Qatar Stars League on Saturday.
The former Gunners maestro pulled off a panenka penalty in the 2-0 win, which was so deft it even had time to bounce before trickling over the line.
Even more impressively, Cazorla dinked the goalkeeper with his left foot, his supposed weaker side although he’s fantastic with both feet.
After the Guardian posted a 24-second video of the penalty, a number of Arsenal fans flocked to comment on the audacious attempt.
Despite Cazorla being 36, one fan went as far as saying they’d have him back at the Emirates Stadium even if he was 40!
Another called the former Villarreal playmaker a ‘wizard’ as another described the diminutive figure as a ‘genius’ – you can’t argue with that.
It was reminiscent of Cazorla’s panenka penalty against Newcastle back in December 2014, which he was heavily criticised for.
The Spaniard chipped Jak Alnwick in a 4-1 win, which led to Carlo Cudicini criticising him for showing off as reported at the time by The Telegraph.
How anyone could have any complaints over that effort, and his latest dink, is a mystery – both goals took a huge amount of nerve and skill.
Let’s see what the Arsenal fans on Twitter have been saying about Cazorla’s effort for Al Sadd…
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