Memphis Depay Reveals How Playing Street Football Helped Him Score Incredible Goal vs Elche

• Memphis Depay has explained that he learned his trademark moves to score against Elche when playing in the streets
• The Dutchman scored a brilliant goal during Barcelona's 3-0 victory at Spotify Camp Nou on Saturday afternoon
• Memphis Depay's strike was his first goal of the season and it was a thing of absolute beauty

Barcelona forward Memphis Depay has said that playing street football is the reason he keeps scoring wondergoals in his career.

The 28-year-old was handed a rare start in LaLiga against Elche on Saturday and took his chance with a stunning goal to make it 2-0 after Robert Lewandowski’s opener.

It was the Dutchman's first goal of the season for the Catalans, having played 131 minutes in three games.

The beauty of Depay's goal

Depay showed that he is still a key player in Catalonia after he registered Barcelona's second just before the interval.

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The ex-Manchester United forward received the ball from Alejandro Balde in the opposition box, and bullied Elche defender with a brilliant display of strength and clever footwork, before firing the ball into the roof of the net.

Depay's strike really was a thing of absolute beauty and it's not the first time the forward has pulled off that skill to score.

He scored a similar goal during Barcelona's 6-0 thrashing of Inter Miami during a pre-season at the DRV PNK Stadium in Florida in July.

Depay received a pass in n the opposition box with his back to the goal and he spun around leaving the Inter Miami defender stunned. He then followed it up with an excellent finish.

What Depay said about his goal

After the game against Elche, Depay disclosed that he learned to do moves like that when playing in the streets,

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He said, cited by Barca Universal: "When I was a child I played in the streets a lot. In tight spaces, you need to use some smart things. I have some skills in my pocket, and that was one of them."

Lewandowski Nets a Brace and Memphis Depay Also Scores As Barcelona Cruise Past 10 Man Elche 3:0 in La Liga

Sports Brief earlier reported that Barcelona bounced back from their Champions League loss to Bayern Munich in midweek as the Catalan giants returned to winning ways at the Camp Nou with a comfortable 3-0 win against Elche.

Robert Lewandowski who failed to hit the net in midweek, returned to his scoring form as the Poland striker netted a brace on either side of Memphis Depay’s effort to help Barcelona maintain their unbeaten run in La Liga.

Barcelona has now garnered 16 points from their opening 6 games and overtakes Real Madrid who have a game in hand against Atletico Madrid at the top of the La Liga table.