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Ozil goal ranks alongside all-time greats and five things we learned from the Champions League this week

Sometimes when a beautiful goal is scored, it looks at first sight logical. The journey of the ball towards the goal is pretty straightforward in real time. It moves from the foot of the scorer into the net.

It’s only when you watch it again and again you realize the precariousness of the situation and appreciate all that could go wrong to interrupt that journey along the way.

Two that come to mind are Diego Maradona’s second goal for Argentina in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal against England and Thierry Henry’s self-assisted volley for Arsenal against Manchester United in the Premier League in 2000.