Andros Townsend's strike for Crystal Palace against Manchester City in December has been named as the official Premier League goal of the season.
The winger's stunning strike helped Palace to a shock 3-2 win over the champions, and topped a 10-goal shortlist that included every goal of the month winner and Vincent Kompany's goal for City against Leicester earlier this month.
"We got a free-kick and the ball's dropped out of the air," said Townsend when explaining the goal.
"I just thought, 'Yeah, it's sat up perfectly, I'm going to hit this.'
"I didn't really know how good a goal it was. Everyone was saying, 'It was incredible, it was the best goal I've ever seen.'
"I just thought it was a volley from outside the box and it's not until I watched it back, then I thought, 'Oh wow, maybe that is a bit special.'"
The strike becomes the third winner of the Premier League's official goal of the season award, following on from Emre Can's strike for Liverpool against Watford in 2016/17 and Sofiane Boufal's goal for Southampton against West Brom last season.
Virgil van Dijk won the Premier League player of the season award and Pep Guardiola was named manager of the season.
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