{"id":349634,"date":"2011-03-30T08:33:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T08:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/video-gyan-shocked-by-wonder-goal-against-england-disappointed-he-couldn%e2%80%99t-dance\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T08:33:19","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T08:33:19","slug":"video-gyan-shocked-by-wonder-goal-against-england-disappointed-he-couldnt-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/video-gyan-shocked-by-wonder-goal-against-england-disappointed-he-couldnt-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Gyan Shocked By Wonder Goal Against England, Disappointed He Couldn\u2019t Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"96\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/af.reuters.com_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26192\" title=\"Gyan admitting improvising goal against England, disappointed he couldn't dance\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/16f3a227om_-278x300.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Asamoah Gyan said he wasn't sure what he was doing before scoring his stunning equaliser for Ghana against England at Wembley -- but wished he could have celebrated his \"historic goal\" with a dance afterwards. \" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asamoah Gyan caused problems for England defenders<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Asamoah Gyan said he wasn\u2019t sure what he was doing before scoring his  stunning equaliser for Ghana against England at Wembley \u2014 but wished  he could have celebrated his \u201chistoric goal\u201d with a dance afterwards. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old striker, who moved to Sunderland after his  outstanding performances for Ghana in last year\u2019s World Cup, struck in  stoppage time to give his side a richly-deserved 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n<p>Collecting the ball on the edge of the penalty area he jinked one  way and another, dummied England defender Joleon Lescott twice then  curled a left-foot shot into the far corner of Joe Hart\u2019s net.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan will always be remembered for missing the penalty against  Uruguay that would have taken Ghana into the semi-finals of the World  Cup but now also has his country\u2019s first goal against England on his  soccer CV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy because it\u2019s an important goal for the country and for the fans,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was twisting and turning, but honestly, I didn\u2019t know what I was doing, I was just trying to protect the ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe English defenders are very intelligent, but they did not  know if I was going to pass the ball, but I thought, well they might  push me down, but they didn\u2019t do that, so I thought, I\u2019ve got a chance,  so I took my chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis goal is something historic \u2014 its the first goal we\u2019ve scored against England.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if this was the \u201c64 million dollar goal\u201d that will make  Europe\u2019s big teams sit up and take notice of him, he replied: \u201cNo, I am a  player at Sunderland, I am just concentrating on that. I am very young,  I have lots more to do in football, so I am just working hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to dance after scoring it, the atmosphere was wild  \u2014 I didn\u2019t get the chance to dance because suddenly everyone else was  on top of me, but maybe I will next time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The goal gave Ghana a deserved draw in a superb match in which  England coach Fabio Capello made seven changes from the side that beat  Wales 2-0 in a Euro qualifier on Saturday, giving debuts to second-half  substitutes Matt Jarvis and Danny Welbeck and a first start to Gary  Cahill after two substitute appearances.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch video of Gyan goal and game highlights<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/16f3a227om_-278x300.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/03\/gyan-admits-improvising-for-goal-against-england-disappointed-he-couldnt-dance\/\" title=\"Video: Gyan Shocked By Wonder Goal Against England, Disappointed He Couldn\u2019t Dance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video: Gyan Shocked By Wonder Goal Against England, Disappointed He Couldn\u2019t Dance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-349634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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