This week more than ever English game needs Alejandro Garnacho wow factor

Excellence. That’s what matters in football. Not all these things that seem to be replacing the actual game. The spotless balance sheets, the faux fairness. Football played well, the best that it can be, is what’s important. A lot of people are taking for granted the elevation of quality in the English leagues.

It is no coincidence that arguably the greatest goal in 30 years of Premier League football was scored, like, yesterday. Alejandro Garnacho’s overhead kick against Everton instantly won comparison with Wayne Rooney’s for Manchester United against Manchester City in 2011, with many declaring it even better. There have been more complicated, intricate passing moves, true, and some of Dennis Bergkamp’s goals for Arsenal would not have looked out of place on stage