Great George Best goal Man. U

[jocksmen]

BEST EVER GOAL FROM GEORGE.

Especially as SHEFF UTD were top of the

league and had not been beat for 13 games.

IF I RECALL.

RIP GEORGE BEST.........

[Whatever0homez]

So free with the ball, it looks like he is running without, such accuracy, control, pure class

[Queenwraith]

Football God!

[rockandstroll]

Imagine George Best and Duncan Edwards had been in the same team, invincible.

[vladisimo93]

Ronaldo wouldn't do this in his dreams retard he had alot of runs where he took on many players :villareal run vs teneriffe in man utd there were alot also against fulham if i remember good so don't say cr is shit

[DownwardGoose]

Lionel who?

[NickOLarse999]

The sun was shining, George Best was in his red No 10 shirt, he's streaking past the defenders - YES! Ah, it was perfect.

[96GaViN96]

Utd need some1 like this in de team today.

We have got no1 creative in the centre that will attack the other team..

[Homesmoina204]

Some of the comments here ugh, looks like people just watch youtube clips and built a conception about players.

Ffs some idiot is saying Messi cant pass.

And for the video Georgie has many great goals for us, and this one was one of the best if not the best

[blackamoor61]

Please don't put Messi in the same category as Best. Best was on a different (i.e. higher) level altogether. Pele, Maradona, Best, Cruyff (sp?), Puskas are out there on their own.

[bryanmc650]

messi and ronaldo might have perfected it, but George Best invented it!

[1234567894675]

@bryanmc650 you mean messi n maradona may have perfected it or the BRAZILIAN ronaldo cuz cronaldo wouldn't do this even in his DREAMS!!!

[TheManUnitedFTW]

Messi can dribble nice, no doubt about that.

But: Messi can't pass, Messi can't provide, Messi can't do anything for the game....

George had it all

on top of that, Best wasn't a diver like Messi

[Queenwraith]

Couldn't agree more. Best was much more complete that Messi and Ronaldo, he also had no protection from refs when he was on the ball or trying to beat players. Alot of his genius was never captured in the early days, but his ball control was a pure gift. I haven't seen anyone touched with the same sort of skill since.

[MrMjewel]

@TheManUnitedFTW , Messi can,t pass or provide ! Check out his assists for David Villa in last seasons la liga v Real Madrid. His passing is sublime, much better than George,s actually who was often guilty of not passing to a team-mate in a better position.

As for Messi diving , are you kidding ? there are many times in a game when it would be easier for him to go down, but he nearly always manages to stay on his feet.

George was my childhood idol but you,re wrong about Messi.

[Queenwraith]

@MrMjewel You can say what you want about Messi. I'd almost go as far as saying he's a genius of modern times, but, and it's a big but: A player like Best with no ref protection 'still' managed to ride the harshest bone-breaking tackles week in week out, against some real hard defenders in those days.

[Queenwraith]

@MrMjewel He just used to toe the ball up in the air whilst moving his whole body in motion like a hurdle over the defenders tackles - he adapted to anything in front of him in those times. I've never seen Best play live, but my dad and grandfather have and they say his his balance and pure skill was just electric, supernatural almost. I love Messi, but calling him better than Best just isn't right. Alot of Best's greatest early skills were never filmed as match of the day came in

[Queenwraith]

@MrMjewel came in,but even then if you look through old footage for the 2-3 years when at his peak,he did original things with a ball that I still haven't seen the match of to this day. If you judge Best on his greatest 2-3 years there was never a player as good or skillful in my opinion even from alot of footage never mind seeing him play. He was just magic. If he was the same age as Messi today with the training, fitness management he'd have Messi. Best was a true footballing genius.

[MrMjewel]

@TheManUnitedFTW , Messi 24 goal assists in 2011, not bad for someone who you claim can,t pass or provide !

[Queenwraith]

@MrMjewel Type in 'Johan Ceder george best tribute' as an example, and watch some of his skills.

[MrMjewel]

@Queenwraith , yes I have seen it before it,s fantastic. I actually saw him play as a starry eyed kid at Old Trafford ,he was everything your dad and grandad says.

[Queenwraith]

@MrMjewel It's also the fact that Best was this genius naturally as a 15 year old with no real training that players like Messi and Ronaldo have in aboundance today - they also have the advantage of having seen out the full careers of great players before them, so they will never be as unique. I just believe any era Best was something else, playing in the 60's or playing today along side Messi.

[freddy1987ulx]

more gifted player of all time

[R000E57]

Forty years ago today!

[tigerarmyrule]

The Messi comparison is valid.....Messi really is that good!!

[LIVINGONTHEDOLE]

pat mccourt celtic v st mirren anyone?

[1234567894675]

wowww he looked like messi!! GREAT GOAL!!!

[TomMcCool5]

@1234567894675 funny when I saw Messi goal, I thought thats just like one George Best scored 30 years ago

[gerwaq]

99 acceleration.

[DADDYnick007]

this was so videogamic.....

[HardcorePayan]

He is not the one that looks like messi, messi is the one that looks like him

[vanderToki]

Best was both left- and right-footed, as far as I know. ;]

[9toonarmy9]

Right on estamoslocosoq - a right footed Messi, or maybe Messi's a left footed George Best!

[estamoslocosoq]

it loos as if messi was right-footed

[SOADDBZ2]

Best