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Hull City star Jaden Philogene's jaw-dropping Rabona helped grab an equaliser against Rotherham - but he won't get the credit.
With Hull staring at defeat against Rotherham in the Championship on Tuesday night, Philogene popped up with a piece of magic.
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After beating Oliver Rathbone twice with some dazzling skills, from an incredibly narrow angle the former Aston Villa player tried an audacious Rabona.
And it worked out perfectly, drooping over Viktor Johansson in the Rotherham net to level the scores.
However, the goal was not credited to the zippy winger as it took a slight deflection off Cameron Humphreys' shoulder on its way in.
With the contact being enough to divert it towards goal, it saw Philogene's credit chalked off and was instead given as an own goal.
However, the 22-year-old's sizzling skills were enough to inspire the Tigers to go on and grab the winner just four minutes later when Noah Ohio netted on 75 minutes.
Christ Tiehi had given Rotherham a very early lead in the fourth minute with the Millers rock bottom of the Championship.
But that is where they will remain after losing at the New York Stadium late on while Hull have high hopes of reaching the play-offs this season.
The win took them into seventh with 48 points after 31 games but there is plenty of competition for places in the top six with three points separating sixth and 10th.
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Nevertheless, it was Philogene who has made the big splash with fans oozing over the youngster's ability.
One fan responded: "Villa must be nuts selling him. We said as much last year when he was at Cardiff. Hell of a player!!"
Another replied: "Bummer about the deflection which tbf took it in. The skill and attitude to even attempt is ridiculous."
A third said: "Who else has seen this filth?"
While this fan said: "Just to warn you, Jaden Philogene may have just scored goal of the century."
Philogene has only recently returned from injury for Hull after missing nearly two months of action.
He marked his return with a goal against Millwall earlier this month in a 1-0 win and has helped Hull get on the scoresheet again on Tuesday, though his name will not go down in the record books for it.
