🎥 OTD 2016: Dimitri Payet scored one of the best-ever PL free kicks 😲

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Peter Fitzpatrick·2 April 2025

🎥 OTD 2016: Dimitri Payet scored one of the best-ever PL free kicks 😲

Dimitri Payet's short stint with West Ham was jampacked with great memories for Irons fans, but perhaps no greater than this stunning free-kick against Crystal Palace exactly nine years ago.

You know the one we're talking about, don't you?

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The brilliant Frenchman stepped up and curled a logic-defying effort into Wayne Hennessey's top corner from 20 yards.

At one point it looks like as if it will loop over the bar, and the next it's in the net.

Nine years ago today 🎯🇫🇷 #OnThisDay | @Heineken_UK 🗓️
– Wednesday, 2 April 2025

It was one of the last great moments at the Boleyn Ground before the move to the London Stadium, and one West Ham fans are unlikely to ever tire of.

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