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West Ham star Dimitri Payet is more David Beckham than Cristiano Ronaldo when it comes to free-kicks

When West Ham are awarded a free-kick, you can feel the anticipation around the ground as Dimitri Payet walks over to the ball.

The guy is sensational from these situations, as he reminded us all on Wednesday night with a 96th-minute beauty to knock Accrington Stanley out of the EFL Cup.

You could say the keeper might have done a bit better with it, but for Payet to pull that out of the bag so late, with the game on the line, was superb.

Dimitri Payet scored added another stunning free-kick to his collection on Wednesday
Dimitri Payet scored added another stunning free-kick to his collection on Wednesday
France star scored an late winner to send Accrington Stanley crashing out of the EFL Cup
France star scored an late winner to send Accrington Stanley crashing out of the EFL Cup

I see kids on a Sunday morning trying to copy the ‘knuckleball’ method used by Cristiano Ronaldo — where hitting the ball on the valve causes it to move unpredictably.