Football: Football fans perplexed by Dele Alli's 'impossible' goal celebration

Dele Alli is a wizard. Photo / Getty

The Drake 'In My Feelings' challenge is old news; it's all about the Dele Alli challenge now.

The Tottenham Hotspur star's latest goal celebration has sent the football world wild, leaving some fans and players perplexed.

Alli showed off the mystifying move after scoring his side's second goal in their first Premier League game of the season against Newcastle United on Saturday, a strange gesture where he creates an eye hole with his thumb and forefinger that no one seems to be able to replicate.

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Football fans have gone wild trying to recreate the "impossible" celebration.

Am I the only one that's still trying to figure out how Dele Alli managed to do this with his hand?.. pic.twitter.com/gp2C1RyeWQ

— Mike Sanz (@mikesanz19) August 13, 2018

I’ve been trying to recreate this Dele Alli celebration for the last 15 minutes I can only imagine how stupid I’ve looked doing so. pic.twitter.com/STQZRH0twZ

— JAKE BUCKLEY 🇦🇺 (@TheMasterBucks) August 13, 2018

After the game, Alli proceeded to challenge his teammates to do the celebration on Instagram, thus creating a viral sensation.

None of his teammates, including Fernando Llorente and Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, could recreate his garbled gesture.

Spurs return to action this weekend against Fulham, where all eyes will once more be on Alli's eye-hole.

Dele Alli's #Spurs teammates struggling to grasp his new goal celebration 🤣 pic.twitter.com/GOzdw19lgy

— Adrian Durham (@TheAdrianDurham) August 14, 2018