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WATCH: It’s not often you score a gorgeous goal while sat on your arse

Published 17:45 5 Dec 2015 GMT

Darragh Murphy
WATCH: It’s not often you score a gorgeous goal while sat on your arse

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Jairo is, quite simply, a better finisher from his backside than most upright strikers.

The Mainz forward scored two in his side's 3-1 away victory over Hamburg but it was his opener that stood out most. It looked for all the world that his chance had gone when the Spaniard slipped over when trying to play a ball into the six yard box. But Jairo is made of more determined stuff and, from his arse, he caught the defender's clearance on the volley and dinked it over Jaroslav Drobný in the Hamburg goal.

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WATCH: It's not often you score a gorgeous goal while sat on your arse