There is much controversy surrounding which country invented the bicycle kick.

Italians claim to be the originator and an scarcely believable goal by former Fiorentina midfielder Mauro Bressan gives Ibrahimovic a run for his money.

During a 3 - 3 Champions League draw with Barcelona in November 1999 there seemed to be little danger for the Catalans as the ball fell to Bressan 30 yards from goal.

What happened next was out of this world...

Brazil also claims to have invented the overhead kick and one of their own pulled it off at the 2002 World Cup.

Edmilson scored an overhead kick in the group stages of the tournament which his country went on to win.

And he did it in some style. It was all the more astonishing since Edmilson was a centre-back... 

Karim Benzema has only netted six goals for Real Madrid so far this season after scoring an impressive 32 goals in all competitions for Real Madrid last term.

But one of his six goals - in a Champions League tie with Ajax - was a peach... 

Wayne Rooney"s overhead winner in the Manchester derby in 2010/2011 was all the more impressive for the context.

The England striker had just emerged from a difficult winter which had seen him involved in a contract wrangle with Manchester United.

Alex Ferguson and the fans were on his back and with his own back to goal, he sensationally played his way back into their good books by slaying their bitter rivals...