When a 16-year-old James Milner netted his first Premier League objective for towards in 2002, he in all probability wouldn’t have anticipated to be scoring one other within the high flight 23 years later.
In changing from the penalty spot aged 39 years and 239 days in Brighton’s 2-1 win towards his former membership , Milner turned the Premier League’s second-oldest goalscorer, including to the feat of being the second youngest when aged 16 years and 356 days.
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Teddy Sheringham holds the oldest report at 40 years and 268 days when he scored for towards Portsmouth on 26 December 2006, whereas James Vaughan was aged 16 years and 270 days when he netted for towards on 10 April 2005.
Requested in regards to the spot-kick which cancelled out Erling Haaland’s opener and sparked Brighton’s comeback success, Milner advised Sky Sports activities “it isn’t the best factor, however my expertise helped”.
That highlights a standout side of his profession and character. With 640 appearances, few can compete along with his stage of involvement within the high flight.
His objective ended a six-year drought, again to when he netted for Liverpool at Leicester Metropolis in 2019, but the hole of two,075 days is barely the fiftieth longest within the Premier League.
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Milner’s former Metropolis and England team-mate Joe Hart stated the versatile participant – who turns 40 in January and may play at full-back or midfield – “nonetheless seems to be match and contemporary”.
Such is the longevity of Milner’s profession, he has now scored within the Premier League towards goalkeepers born within the Sixties, Nineteen Seventies, Nineteen Nineties and 2000s.
“An absolute legend of the sport,” is how he was described by former Middlesbrough keeper Mark Schwarzer on BBC Radio 5 Stay.
“His longevity, his health… he got here on at this time and scored a wonderful penalty.
“While you want these skilled gamers to step up in moments he does, he was by no means going to draw back from it.”
[BBC]